That isn’t stopping MAGA godfather STEVE BANNON from making a last-minute plea to Trump to steer clear of plunging the U.S. into a war in the Middle East — and perhaps blowing up the coalition that gave the president another term in the process.

MAGA leader Steve Bannon warned that the U.S. shouldn't join military strikes against Iran, saying at a breakfast in Washington, D.C., that another war in the Middle East will “tear this country apart.

Steve Bannon has warned Donald Trump not to authorise military action against Iran, saying US involvement in another war in the Middle East would “tear the country apart”. “My mantra right now: The Israelis have to finish what they started.