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Episode: MAGA Christians Are Split Over Iran
Description: MAGA Christians are splitting over Donald Trumpās strike on Iran, with high-profile voices like Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, and Marjorie Taylor Greene arguing the move betrays āAmerica Firstā principles. For them, foreign interventionāespecially on behalf of Israelāundermines the nationalist, anti-entanglement ethos that fueled Trumpās rise. Some Catholic and post-liberal thinkers, including Edward Feser and Sohrab Ahmari, have also criticized the action as strategically incoherent and politically dangerous. This wing of the coalition views the conflict not as a divine mandate but as another costly overseas engagement that risks American lives without clear national benefitāraising fresh question...