A GOP official in Congress told the Free Beacon ‘there’s no Republican divide,’ stating that ‘Republicans back Israel’
President Donald Trump’s voters overwhelmingly support Israel’s military campaign against Iran, according to a new poll that found 83 percent of those voters support the strikes on Tehran’s nuclear program and 95 percent approve of Trump as the president rallies behind the Jewish state.
A GrayHouse poll conducted shortly after Israel began its war effort shows that 67 percent of those who voted for Trump “strongly support” the attack on Tehran’s nuclear facilities, while another 16 percent said they somewhat approve. Trump’s approval among MAGA voters has risen since he lent support to the Israeli operation: Seventy-five percent say they strongly approve of the president’s job performance, while another 20 percent say they somewhat approve.
Those results are slightly better for Trump than his approval ratings just a few days before Israel’s campaign, when a League of American Workers poll conducted from June 9 to 11 put Trump’s approval rating at 88 percent among his own voters.
The results show little daylight between Trump and his supporters across America, even as prominent Republican isolationist voices like Tucker Carlson publicly break with the president. Trump signaled on Tuesday afternoon that the United States is likely to join the fight, saying in a Truth Social post “we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran.”
“President Trump has handled this perfectly, and that’s why his approval is at a record high,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) told the Washington Free Beacon. “Republican voters are united with Trump to support Israel’s campaign to end the Iranian nuclear threat.”
Voters also back Trump’s handling of national security and foreign affairs matters more broadly, the GrayHouse poll shows. Eighty-one percent strongly approve of the president’s approach, while 14 percent said they somewhat approve. Nearly 60 percent of those polled deemed Iran a “very serious threat” to American national security, while another 25 percent labeled it a “somewhat serious threat.”
Seventy-four percent said they are very concerned about Iran’s uranium enrichment program, and a similar number said Tehran cannot be trusted to abide by any fresh nuclear deal. A staggering 86 percent of Trump voters say the United States should provide “defensive weapons systems like missile defense to help Israel protect itself from Iranian attacks,” the poll found.
A senior congressional official who reviewed the poll said reports of a “Republican divide” are overblown and untrue.
“There’s no Republican divide,” the official said. “Republicans back Israel. The pay-to-play MAGA ‘influencers’ have been exposed as having zero sway with Trump and zero sway on the Hill. They’re a joke and the good news is now we don’t need to even pretend to take them seriously.”
The GrayHouse poll also shows strong support for direct American military action to destroy Iran’s nuclear weapons program. A combined 72 percent of those polled said they either strongly support or somewhat support American intervention.
Trump appeared willing to join the fight on Tuesday afternoon following five straight days of Israeli attacks on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, military hardware, and political institutions. He is reportedly considering a strike on Iran’s underground uranium enrichment facility in Fordow.
“We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American made, conceived, and manufactured ‘stuff.’ Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA.”
The president added that “We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there – We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now. But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin.”
Vice President J.D. Vance also dismissed the notion that Republicans are divided over Israel’s war effort.
Trump, he said in a Tuesday afternoon tweet, “has been amazingly consistent, over 10 years, that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.”
“He may decide he needs to take further action to end Iranian enrichment,” Vance continued. “Having seen this up close and personal, I can assure you that he is only interested in using the American military to accomplish the American people’s goals.”
