The bombing marked a stark reversal from Trump’s campaign rhetoric to “expel the warmongers from our government,” and escalated divisions within the GOP. Some downplayed the shift to maintain their loyalty to the president.

President Donald Trump’s MAGA sphere of conservative media and influencers — many of whom had expressed skepticism before his decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities — is divided over the president’s dramatic move to strike.

The US hit three nuclear sites in Iran overnight - but it remains unclear whether the strikes did destroy all of Iran's nuclear capabilities.