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President Donald Trump said the Make America Great Again base 'loves' his aggressive military campaign on Iran in a wide-ranging interview on ' The Five .' Thursday. 'MAGA loves the fact that they're not going to have somebody with a nuclear bomb over their head,' Trump said on ' The Five .
' 'We have people that are weak, or stupid, or low-IQ people that don't mind having Iran have a nuclear weapon. The MAGA people are smart.' MOST AMERICANS EXPECT TRUMP TO SEND BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN IRAN — BUT MAJORITY OPPOSE IT: POLL The president referenced a recent NBC News poll measuring GOP support for the conflict, which found that 90% of MAGA-aligned Republicans support the war, while 5% oppose it. Fox News host Greg Gutfeld pressed Trump on how he is addressing concerns among some MAGA voters as his war on Iran approaches the one-month mark. 'Let’s say they voted for you on the assumption of no wars and then this happens, and it's inconsistent with their wishes. What would you say to them?' Gutfeld asked. MORNING GLORY: TRUMP HAS RESTORED THE GOP AS THE PARTY OF DEFENSE AND DETERRENCE 'You can't let a mad man, or you can't let a mad ideology, have a nuclear weapon,' he responded. Trump argued U.S. strikes on Iran were necessary to prove American military strength and to help the broader world. 'In order to keep our country great, I said, ‘We're going to take a fairly short detour, we're going to show everybody that there's nobody even coming close to us militarily — nobody even comes close. We have the greatest weapons. We have the strongest military,'' he said. According to the NBC poll, which was analyzed most notably by CNN, 54% of Republicans who do not identify as MAGA, support the Iran War, while roughly 36% oppose it — underscoring dissensions on Trump’s war stance among different corners of the GOP. TRUMP SUDDENLY SEEMS ANXIOUS TO END THE WAR AS AMERICAN CASUALTIES MOUNT AND IRAN FINDS WAYS TO HIT BACK The poll also found that 30% of Americans identify as MAGA, and Trump claimed the movement now represents the entire Republican Party. 'I think MAGA's almost the whole Republican Party, you want to know the truth,' he said. 'Almost every single person that I endorse wins.' The president reiterated that MAGA supporters back his foreign policy agenda, saying his popularity is higher than ever. 'I think I'm more popular than I ever have been. Look, when he heard 100%, he said, 'I've never seen a poll like this. This is the craziest poll I've ever seen.' It was 100% of the people.' CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP 'And the reason is, they like that I'm protecting our country from lunatics with a nuclear weapon.'
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