Trump’s base was vocally divided over the prospects of direct U.S. attacks up until the moment they happened.

The MAGA movement’s top influencers were divided over bombing Iran until Donald Trump did just that Saturday night.

Now, at least for the time being, the lay leaders in Trump’s base appear to be rallying around a position that spares Trump criticism: Direct attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities are justified, as long as American troops aren’t sent into a third full war halfway around the world in the last quarter of a century.