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Hypocrisy doesn't apply here. Unfairness does for people who understand fairness as a global standard, following the golden rule, as in "fair is if everyone gets treated equally and the same rules count for everyone".
For those who understand "fair" as in "something is unfair if I am not getting my way", the fairness/unfairness argument doesn't work either. That kind of egocentric view is common among right-wing voters.
What could work for people with an egocentric world view, who can also hold a thought for longer than 10 seconds is to think of the implications. What kind of impact does an unnecessary war on America's long-term soft power in the world? What does it do to the US-EU relationship, that used to be so important? What will it do to the US citizen who wants to put fuel in their car and heat their house? But this requires reflective and long-term thinking, so that might be a tall order for some.
For the remaining people, an argument would be that Trump betrayed them. He promised no wars and America first. Now he is spending billions of dollars blowing up school girls in a country on the other side of the planet for ... no specific reasons. He is a traitor to the cause he claimed to fight for.
In the end, there is no argument that lands with everyone. You always have to figure out who the person is you are talking with. What do the words mean that they use (the meaning of politically charged terms varies wildly between political factions)? What are the emotions behind these words? What are they disappointed by?