President Donald Trump faced one of the most monumental decisions of his presidency on Tuesday as he debated whether to join a war against Iran that risked sucking Washington into a new Middle Eastern conflict but also offered the chance to eliminate a rival’s nuclear program.

Americans have been trending in a more isolationist, anti-war direction. Particularly on the right, the ascendant view is that the world’s problems are not necessarily ours.

Make America Great Again (MAGA) figures have been split on the issue of U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict.

Iran and Israel continued to exchange attacks into Tuesday amid the latest round of conflict between the two nations.

His comments come amid a widening rift among otherwise loyal supporters of Trump over his Middle East policies

As an unprecedented conflict between Israel and Iran dragged on into a fifth day, President Donald Trump has increasingly indicated that he was seriously considering a direct intervention in the fight.

President Donald Trump called on Tuesday for Iran's unconditional surrender and warned U.S. patience was wearing thin, but said there was no intention to kill Iran's leader "for now", as the Israel-Iran air war entered a sixth day.

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump threatened Iran's supreme leader with assassination as he pushed Tehran to give up its nuclear enrichment program and air strikes continued over Iran and Israel.