June 20, 2025: Is the ‘MAGA civil war’ real?

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🗓️ 20 June 2025

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One story continues to dominate the conversation in Washington: the possibility of a U.S. strike in Iran. But even as the commentariat focuses on its potential geopolitical implications, its potential implications for American politics are no less real. President Donald Trump’s MAGA base is split over what to do. Does Trump risk hemorrhaging support if he orders a strike? Or is the whole idea of a GOP civil war over Iran overhyped? Playbook contributing author Adam Wren joins editor Zack Stanton to talk through his reporting and discuss what it all means for the conflict at hand and the future of MAGA.

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0:00.0	Presented by BP.
0:07.9	Hello, I'm Zach Stanton.
0:09.8	And I'm Adam Wren, and it's Friday, June 20th.
0:12.7	And this is the Playbook podcast.
0:15.1	Without further ado, here are the topics driving the day, which is really one big story branching out in a few different directions.
0:22.3	The first angle that we should talk about is geopolitical. What exactly is going to happen with Iran
0:27.6	and what is the U.S. going to do? The thing everyone is going to be watching today will be happening
0:32.6	in Geneva, Switzerland, where the foreign policy chiefs of the EU, Britain, Germany, and
0:37.5	France will meet
0:38.5	with their Iranian
0:39.2	counterpart in an
0:40.1	attempt to stave off
0:41.0	escalation.
0:42.3	And that,
0:42.7	of course,
0:43.0	comes after the
0:43.5	White House announced
0:44.3	yesterday that
0:45.2	President Donald
0:45.9	Trump will decide
0:47.2	on whether to
0:48.0	attack Iran
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