# The next MAGA divide is China

- Link: https://instituteforglobalaffairs.org/2025/11/the-next-maga-divide-is-china/
- Published: 2025-11-22T12:01:07-05:00

By [Ransom Miller](https://instituteforglobalaffairs.org/about/team/ransom-miller/),
Research Associate

_This article appeared in [The Hill](https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5617341-trump-maga-china-infighting/)
on November 22, 2025_

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When [Tucker Carlson ](https://thehill.com/people/tucker-carlson/)released his interview
with antisemitic provocateur [Nick Fuentes,](https://thehill.com/people/nick-fuentes/)
[MAGA infighting exploded](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-defends-tucker-carlson-after-interview-with-nick-fuentes-far-right-activist-known-for-his-antisemitic-views).

It’s not the first time MAGA has turned on itself over U.S. support for Israel. 
In June, clashes over Trump’s Mideast policy pushed him to speak out, declaring:“
I’m the one that developed America First. I’m the one that decides that.”

Trump still drives conservative politics, but his movement is no longer a monolith.
Nor is Israel the only international policy issue that threatens the movement’s 
unity. The next fissure may be China.

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Read more of Ransom’s article in [The Hill](https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5617341-trump-maga-china-infighting/)

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**Written by [Ransom Miller](https://instituteforglobalaffairs.org/about/team/ransom-miller/)**

Ransom Miller is a research associate at the Institute for Global Affairs at Eurasia
Group.

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