President Donald Trump campaigned on an “America First” foreign policy and a promise to avoid new wars, his campaign said.
Analysts say recent actions involving Iran have prompted questions about whether the president’s supporters will accept departures from that pledge.
Trump’s “Make America Great Again” voters have long viewed nonintervention as a core belief of the movement, political analysts said. The recent escalation has forced some of those supporters to weigh competing priorities, they added.
Supporters and critics remain divided over the implications for Trump’s broader foreign policy, analysts said. How the base responds could influence the administration’s course moving forward, they added.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
