Donald Trump got his parade. Now what? Basically every pillar of Trump’s pitch to Americans is under stress.
Trump is at the G7 meeting this week, hosted by (what do we call it now, U.S. frenemy?) Canada. That’s already a full poutine of diplomacy to deal with, as we detail below. But central to the moment are Israel’s strikes on Iran, with the escalating conflict between the two nations opening up a rift in the MAGA movement so vocal that Trump felt the need to step in and quiet it.
The source of tension: What’s “America First” diplomacy at this moment?