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>Trump’s base is about less foreign involvement, low gas prices, and ending wars Is this broadly true? I'm not disagreeing, it's just that I do not keep up wit

>Trump’s base is about less foreign involvement, low gas prices, and ending wars Is this broadly true? I'm not disagreeing, it's just that I do not keep up with politics, but most of the Republicans in my life want Trump to destroy Iran, which I thought seemed unsurprising, politically? Yes, they want less foreign involvement and less war, but with the gigantic exception of the case where they hate the target culture (again, I'm just talking about people in my life).

icegreentea2 1y ago
Polling from June 13-16 shows majority of Americans (Democrats, Independents and Republicans) oppose US intervention https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/52380-donald-trump-approval-israel-iran-ice-immigration-protests-vaccines-robert-f-kennedy-jr-june-13-16-2025-economistyougov-poll https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/52380-donald-trum... The reality is that Trump's current political coalition is composed of many parts, and has a variety of internal contradictions that Trump has been able hold together, most likely through his command of his true/core base. We might say that segment of the population is highly aggrieved, has high belief in Trump's personal ability to affect change (including negatively harming out groups), and loosely holds an isolationist stance (though perhaps this would better be casted as interventionist/internationalist skeptical). The rest of Trump's coalition includes parties like converted hawks/neocons, who are broadly interventionist. An actual uniting policy issue across groups is a heighten animosity towards China. Even the most isolationist groups carried significant grievance against China, and would support actions to either punish China, or actions to improve US' relative position to China.