MAGA Thinks Netanyahu Played Trump on Iran

Some of the president's supporters are raging after Marco Rubio said the quiet part out loud about the war against Iran War Games MAGA Thinks Netanyahu Played Trump on Iran Some of the president's supporters are raging after Marco Rubio said the quiet part out loud about the war against Iran By Tessa Stuart Tessa Stuart Contact Tessa Stuart on X MAGA Lawmakers Want Congress’ Sexual Harassment Secrets Exposed MAGA Lawmakers Call for Republican to Resign Following Release of Disturbing Texts In ‘Neighbors,’ America’s Problem Isn’t Politics. It’s Personal View all posts by Tessa Stuart March 3, 2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2026. Nathan Posner/Anadolu/Getty Images A curious thing happened the day after Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military to attack Iran: None of the administration’s most senior officials appeared on any Sunday talk shows to defend the joint offensive with Israel, or make the case for why Americans should support the campaign. It was especially surprising given how much Trump — who campaigned against “endless” wars — seemed to be struggling to justify the extraordinary decision to authorize dozens of airstrikes across Iran, including the one that wiped out the country’s longtime leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. By Monday afternoon, it was clear why no one had raised their hand for the job: There isn’t a convincing rationale for why the United States needed to go to war with Iran right now. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking to reporters that afternoon, was the first Cabinet official to shed light on the timing and motivation for the attacks: “We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action [against Iran]. … We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn’t pre-emptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties.” In other words: The U.S. went to war with Iran — a war that has cost the lives of more than a hundred school innocent children and at least six U.S. service members in its first few days — because Israel forced its hand. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did little to dispel that idea while speaking to Sean Hannity on Monday night. “There are people who say you dragged Trump into this,” Hannity told Netanyahu. The Israeli premier laughed. “That’s ridiculous,” he said. The fact that Donald Trump appears to have unilaterally volunteered America’s service members to go to war on Israel’s behalf has not gone over well with the president’s base. MAGA is in open revolt over the administration’s decision to attack Iran, and the internet is awash in memes depicting Trump as Netanyahu’s dog, among more graphic visual metaphors. Editor’s picks The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far The 100 Best TV Episodes of All Time The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century Criticism of the decision has been sharp and widespread — coming from both mainstream conservative commentators like Megyn Kelly, once steadfast MAGA warriors like Marjorie Taylor Greene, as well as from once-fringe alt-right figures like Nick Fuentes and Candace Owens, whose support Trump welcomed even as the broader Republican establishment shunned them over accusations of antisemitism. “My own feeling is: no one should have to die for a foreign country. I don’t think those four service members died for the United States. I think they died for Iran or for Israel,” Kelly said on her show on Monday. “Our government’s job is not to look out for Iran or for Israel. It’s to look out for us. And this feels very much to me like it is clearly Israel’s war.” She was later joined by former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who raised questions about Trump’s mental fitness and said: “We need to have a serious conversation about what the fuck is happening to this country and who in the hell are these decisions being made for, and who is making these decisons.” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) who has tangled with Trump in recent months over the president’s reluctance to release the Epstein files reached a similar conclusion, posting on X: “The administration admits [Israel] dragged us into the [Iran] war that’s already cost too many American lives and billions of dollars. Before it’s over, the price of gas, groceries, and virtually everything else is going to go up. The only winners in [the U.S.] are defense company shareholders.” Related Content The Soundtrack of Iran’s Revolution Jon Stewart Condemns Trump’s Attack on Iran: ‘Our Bombs Are Now Smarter Than Our President’ Kesha Blasts White House for Using ‘Blow’ to ‘Incite Violence and Threaten War’ in TikTok Clip Trump’s Iran War Is Built on Lies and Fantasies Massie’s post quoted The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, who wrote of Rubio: “He’s flat out tell