Don Jr has not said anything publicly about his reported opposition
Donald Trump Jr, US President Donald Trump’s eldest son, privately opposed the war with Iran from its outset, reportedly believing Washington should stay out of another conflict in the Middle East.
Trump Jr’s reported position is part of a broader debate within the president’s political base over whether the war runs counter to the promises that helped Trump win the 2024 election. Earlier reporting noted: The same year, when Iran launched missiles and drones towards Israel, Don Jr wrote on X, “Remember when they said Trump would get us into a full-blown war with Iran?
Earlier reporting noted: US President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, is not happy about the war in Iran and has raised concerns about it in private conversations with his father, according to a report by The Atlantic . Times like these should make us all realize how lucky we were to have Trump, his strength and his resolve.
Earlier reporting noted: Even within the administration, some of the president’s top officials, including Vice President JD Vance, privately expressed doubts about the conflict while debating whether to support Israel’s military campaign.
During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump Jr had backed his father’s promise to keep the US out of another Middle East war. Separately, Trump opposed a proposed Israeli offensive against Iran ahead of the November 3 US midterm elections, as his administration faces mounting economic and political pressure over the ongoing conflict, according to a Financial Times report. Trump Jr’s reported opposition contrasts with the military campaign launched by his father alongside Israel against Tehran. The Atlantic reported that Trump Jr’s opposition reflects his long-standing scepticism of foreign intervention.
Trump Jr, who has long been sceptical of foreign military intervention, made his opposition known to his father, two people who spoke directly with him about the conflict told the Atlantic. “Remember when they said Trump would get us into a full-blown war with Iran?” he wrote on X in April 2024, as Iran launched a barrage of missiles and drones towards Israel. “Don Jr. is the most MAGA of them all,” one of the people who discussed his opposition to the conflict told the publication. CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were also sceptical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s initial proposal in February for a regime-change operation, particularly one conducted through air strikes, according to The Atlantic.
He has not publicly broken with the president over the war. He was also particularly close to Charlie Kirk, the late conservative activist who had broken with the Trump administration to oppose the Iran war. Doubts about the conflict have also emerged within the administration. Vice President JD Vance had reportedly voiced private opposition in the past during deliberations over whether the US should join Israel’s military campaign.