Is MAGA rupturing over Trump's war in Iran?
The News Agents - USA
Global
4.3 • 719 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
The first resignation over the Iran war came yesterday. Oddball Joe Kent, Director of counter-terrorism, said he disagreed with President Trump's war. Are others starting to feel the same? Loud voices in MAGA are telling Trump he’s got it wrong. What happens now?
We talk to Jason Greenblatt, White House special envoy to the Middle East during Trump's first term, about what Trump is trying to achieve in Iran - and whether he is losing the room.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents USA podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.7 | Being a conservative or being a Trump supporter or being part of MAGA does not mean you have to accept another Middle East war without questions. |
| 0:25.6 | This is Israel's war. |
| 0:28.0 | This is not the United States' war. |
| 0:29.9 | This war is not being waged on behalf of American national security objectives |
| 0:34.2 | to make the United States safer or richer. |
| 0:36.6 | This war is not actually even about |
| 0:37.8 | weapons mass destruction. Nukes, kembio. You know, this war is waged purely because Israel |
| 0:45.7 | wanted it. This is absolutely absurd. And it's 100% of betrayal to what MAGA was supposed to be |
| 0:54.1 | when we voted in 2024. and it's turned into some |
| 0:58.3 | some perverted deranged version of MAGA now that nobody wants. And a lot of people are just like, |
| 1:05.0 | this doesn't make sense. This is embarrassing. We are the United States of America. Why are we allowing a foreign country to occupy our government? And now we see we, I was removed from a religious liberty commission because I dared to speak out against Israel. It's no longer conspiracy, Pierce. What Israel wants, Israel gets. And we're witnessing that. And I'm telling you |
| 1:29.9 | right now, MAGA is dead. Megan Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Green, Karin Prézian. |
| 1:37.3 | These are all MAGA hardliners. And right now, they have an issue with what their own president |
| 1:43.4 | is doing. |
| 1:44.8 | So forget Europe, forget liberal opinion in America, forget the Democrats, forget the media. |
| 1:51.2 | Is Donald Trump losing control over his own base with the war in Iran? |
| 1:57.9 | Welcome to the Newsagents USA. |
| 2:05.8 | The Newsagents USA with Emily Maitliss and John Sopal. |
| 2:13.6 | It's John. It's Emily. And yesterday, it wasn't just opinion voices that were expressing displeasure at Donald Trump. The head of counterterrorism, who worked in the Department of National |
| 2:18.4 | Intelligence, who Donald Trump had rated very highly when he was appointed to this key role, |
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