J.D. is being loyal to Trump on the war in public, but someone keeps leaking about the reservations he has expressed in private. He’s clearly trying to have it both ways in order to keep the base united behind him in 2028. Is that likely to work?
No. Someone is going to run against him either as a more principled anti-war proponent of America First or as a more abject follower of the Trump line on Iran. Of the two, the former is more likely, particularly if the war turns into an even more painful failure.
Add the war to A.I. as an issue that will divide the base in 2028.