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The confrontation with Iran has put one of Donald Trump’s central political promises under real strain. Trump built his political brand on a straightforward idea: America would stop pouring resources into endless wars and start putting its own interests first. “America First” meant restraint, making allies carry more of the load, and staying out of conflicts that offered no clear payoff for the United States. Instead of showing that discipline, Washington has looked increasingly reactive, locked into a policy without a clear political endpoint.
The criticism is no longer coming only from Democrats. A growing number of conservative commentators, realist scholars, and voices inside the MAGA movement argue that the administration has entered a conflict without a credible way out.
