For the first time in a decade, the president did not attend, apparently consumed with the war in Iran. Chief among their concerns is how a president who campaigned on ending wars could find himself mulling a ground invasion of Iran. “Donald Trump will not lose”, said 73-year-old Mehrdad Ghafar, who grew up in Iran but fled after the revolution, and appeared at CPAC wearing a cap reading: “Make Iran great again”. Lisa Musket, 60, was surprised that the president she had supported had embroiled the country in a war against the longtime US nemesis. “But now we’re in a war, and I know Trump will do the right thing.”

Source: The Guardian March 29, 2026 20:22 UTC