Trump ally torches Marjorie Taylor Greene for acting like 'Queen of MAGA'
Trump ally Mark Levin has blasted Marjorie Taylor Greene for thinking she's 'the queen of MAGA.'
Levin, a Fox News host and Homeland Security Advisory Council member, has been extremely supportive of Israel's missile attacks on Iran - going as far as to say they'll ultimately provide peace.
He's one of several voices in the president's inner orbit urging him to take action against Iran - a cause of worry for anti-globalist members of MAGA.
Greene, a Georgia congresswoman, has been outspoken against the U.S. lining up to support Israel 's conflict with Iran after the two nations exchanged missile fire over the past week.
She warned that 'fake' MAGA supporters are advocating for U.S. involvement in the Middle East in a post to X.
It clearly enraged Levin, who ripped the Georgia lawmaker in a response to her statement.
'Who died and named Marjorie Taylor Greene the queen of MAGA?' he wrote.
'Trump is MAGA,' Levin continued to MTG. 'He received 77 million votes. You're a little known politician from Georgia. Hate to break the news to you. We're Team Trump.'
Greene is one of the president's most loyal allies in Congress and last month posted an ominous warnings about how the MAGA 'base' is not supportive of 'going to war with Iran.'
She's been writing on X for for weeks about how average US citizens don't spend time worrying about Iran, noting that the conflict is not of interest to Americans.
Airing her concerns to her nearly 5 million followers on X, MTG posted on Sunday: 'Anyone slobbering for the U.S. to become fully involved in the Israel/Iran war is not America First/MAGA. Wishing for murder of innocent people is disgusting.'
'Real America First/MAGA wants world peace for all people and doesn't want our military killed and forever injured physically and mentally,' her lengthy post continued.
'Taking this position is NOT antisemitic. It's rational, sane, and loving toward all people.'
Her posts appear to be directed at a cohort of influential individuals with access to President Trump that are supportive of US intervention.
But the Congresswoman is not going it alone.
Like MTG, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has recently warned of 'warmongers' close to Trump pushing him towards conflict in the Middle East.
'On that list: Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Rupert Murdoch, Ike Perlmutter and Miriam Adelson,' Carlson wrote last Friday. 'At some point they will all have to answer for this, but you should know their names now.'
It appears these influential 'MAGA' figures in Trump's orbit are the ones MTG is warning about. But Trump pushed back on Carlson on Monday.
'I don't know what Tucker Carlson is saying. Let him go get a television network and say it so that people listen,' Trump told reporters when asked about the pundit's comments at the G7.
The Georgia Republican noted the staggering $36 trillion in debt the US has to pay off and how getting embroiled in further wars will only add to the ballooning number.
'We have spent TRILLIONS in the Middle East and we have dealt with the aftermath of death, blown apart bodies, never ending suicides, and disabling PTSD,' Greene's post said.
'All because they told us propaganda as to why we must sacrifice our own to defend some other country's borders and some other country's borders. I don't want to see Israel bombed or Iran bombed or Gaza bombed. I don't want to see Ukraine bombed or Russia bombed.'
Carlson went on Steve Bannon's show on Monday to denounce US involvement in Iran
Levin appeared to be defending himself and other Iran hardliners from anti-interventionists like Greene and Carlson.
Trump, meanwhile, has said the US is not involved, though he did not rule out future action.
'We're not involved in it,' the president said Sunday.
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