The real story isn't the Iran strikes themselves — it's the split they opened inside the base.
Young GOP voters who went hard for Trump in 2024 did it on an antiwar promise. America First meant no more dumb wars. Then the strikes happened, and it felt like a bait and switch.
The numbers are wild: 57% of young Trump supporters wanted less overseas involvement before the war. A month in, only 49% of under-30 GOP voters approved of how he handled it. Compare that to 84% approval from boomers. That's a 35-point generational gap.
And here's the kicker — these kids aren't going left. They're going further right. They're following Fuentes, Fishback, voices the establishment pretends don't exist.
The war's over. But the fallout inside the party? That's just starting. What the GOP looks like post-Trump might get decided by whether they can win these guys back — or if they even try.
Young GOP voters who went hard for Trump in 2024 did it on an antiwar promise. America First meant no more dumb wars. Then the strikes happened, and it felt like a bait and switch.
The numbers are wild: 57% of young Trump supporters wanted less overseas involvement before the war. A month in, only 49% of under-30 GOP voters approved of how he handled it. Compare that to 84% approval from boomers. That's a 35-point generational gap.
And here's the kicker — these kids aren't going left. They're going further right. They're following Fuentes, Fishback, voices the establishment pretends don't exist.
The war's over. But the fallout inside the party? That's just starting. What the GOP looks like post-Trump might get decided by whether they can win these guys back — or if they even try.