Trump and former loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene trade jabs as Maga split over Iran widens – as it happened

<p>This live blog is now closed.</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/08/trump-iran-ceasefire-maga">Success or surrender? Iran ceasefire exposes rift in Trump’s Maga movement</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&utm_campaign=BN22326&utm_content=signup&utm_term=standfirst&utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB">Sign up for the Breaking News US email</a></p></li></ul><p>Pete Hegseth repeated Donald Trump’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/08/iran-war-ceasefire-live-updates-trump-deadline-middle-east-crisis-latest-news?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69d63b878f0853948c54243b#block-69d63b878f0853948c54243b">social media comments </a>that Iran <strong>will cease uranium enrichment</strong> – a condition that Tehran has previously refused to budge on.</p><p><strong>“Any material they should not have, will be removed right now,”</strong> Hegseth said. “The president has been clear from the beginning, there will be no Iranian nuclear weapons.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/apr/08/liberal-judge-chris-taylor-wisconsin-supreme-court-donald-trump-pete-hegseth-us-politics-latest">Continue reading...</a>