Trump faces generation gap as he deals with Iran

Published June 24, 2025 6:00am ET



Much has been made of the ideological split in the Republican Party since President Donald Trump ordered strikes against Iran, but there is also a generation gap.

Younger voters have been among the most skeptical of military intervention in the Middle East generally and against Iran specifically. Trump supporters have not been immune to this trend. The MAGA personalities who have split with Trump over Iran have tended, with some prominent exceptions, to skew younger, while old-line conservatives have largely held firm behind him.

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