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Yahoo
7 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump says supporters are 'more in love' with him than ever, as involvement in Iran roils MAGA world
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday downplayed any notion that his supporters are cooling on him amid uncertainty over whether he will order a U.S. strike on Iran, addressing a rift between some of his most vocal MAGA backers and national security conservatives. 'My supporters are more in love with me today, and I'm more in love with them, more than they even were at election time where we had a total landslide,' Trump told reporters as a new flagpole was erected at the White House, with machinery whirring in the background. 'I may have some people that are a little bit unhappy now, but I have some people that are very happy, and I have people outside of the base that can't believe that this is happening, they're so happy,' he said. Trump huddled Tuesday in the Situation Room with his national security team, and on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers on Capitol Hill that the Pentagon was providing Trump with possible options on Iran but would not say whether the military was planning to assist with Israeli strikes. 'I may do it, I may not do it,' Trump said Wednesday, in the exchange with reporters. 'I mean, nobody knows what I'm going to do.' Trump's comments came as some longtime defenders of his America First mantra are calling him out for weighing a greater U.S. role in the conflict between Israel and Iran after a week of deadly strikes and counterstrikes. Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, commentator Tucker Carlson and conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk are among those reminding their own devoted audiences of Trump's 2024 promises to resist overseas military involvement. Here's a look at the others who have chimed in: Steve Bannon Shortly before Trump spoke, Steve Bannon, one of his 2016 campaign's top advisers, told an audience in Washington that bitter feelings over Iraq were a driving force for Trump's first presidential candidacy and the MAGA movement, saying that 'one of the core tenets is no forever wars' for Trump's base. But Bannon — a longtime Trump ally who served a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021 — went on to suggest that Trump will maintain loyalty from his base no matter what. On Wednesday, Bannon acknowledged that while he and others will argue against military intervention until the end, 'the MAGA movement will back Trump.' Ultimately, Bannon said that Trump will have to make the case to the American people if he wants to get involved in Iran — and he hasn't done that yet. 'We don't like it. Maybe we hate it," Bannon said, predicting what the MAGA response would be. "But, you know, we'll get on board.' Alex Jones The far-right conspiracy theorist and Infowars host on Wednesday posted on social media a side-by-side of Trump's official presidential headshot, and an AI-generated composite of Trump and former President George W. Bush, whom Trump and many of his allies have long disparaged for involving the United States in the so-called 'forever wars' in Iraq and Afghanistan. Writing 'What you voted for' above Trump's image and 'What you got' above the composite, Jones added: 'I hope this is not the case…' Tucker Carlson The commentator's rhetoric toward Trump has been increasingly critical, with the longtime supporter — who headlined large rallies with the Republican during the 2024 campaign — this week suggesting that the president's posture was breaking his pledge to keep the United States out of new foreign entanglements. Trump clapped back at Carlson on social media, calling him 'kooky.' During an event at the White House later Wednesday, Trump said that Carlson had 'called and apologized' for calling him out, saying Carlson 'is a nice guy.' On Wednesday, his conversation with GOP Texas Sen. Ted Cruz laid bare the divides among many Republicans. The two sparred for two hours over a variety of issues, primarily potential U.S. involvement in Iran, and Carlson accusing Cruz of placing too much emphasis on protecting Israel in his foreign policy worldview. 'You don't know anything about Iran,' Carlson said to Cruz, after the senator said he didn't know Iran's population, or its ethnic composition. 'You're a senator who's calling for the overthrow of a government, and you don't know anything about the country.' ___ Kinnard reported from Chapin, South Carolina, and can be reached at
Fox News
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
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Daily Mail
19 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
White House hits back at Jasmine Crockett after outspoken Dem suggests Trump supporters are mentally ill
Trump-hating Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett started another war of words with the White House as Karoline Leavitt slammed her for calling the president's supporters mentally ill. In an interview with Katie Couric, the Texas representative singled out Donald Trump 's supporters as deeply sick. 'We've got a mental health crisis in this country because everyone, no matter how you affiliate yourself, should be against Trump, period. This is not partisan for me,' she said. 'It is really sick and anybody that supports it is also sick,' Crockett added. Leavitt spoke during a White House press briefing Thursday and slammed her for painting a plurality of American voters that way. 'It's incredibly derogatory to accuse nearly 80 million Americans of mental illness,' Leavitt said. 'The last time I checked, Jasmine Crockett couldn't dream of winning such a majority of the public as President Trump did,' she added. 'The America first movement, which President Trump has built, is filled with hardworking patriots. The forgotten men and women, business owners, law enforcement officers, nurses and teachers and Middle America, as we all know from where you all grew up outside of this Beltway. That's who makes up this president's movement.' She then dared Crockett to attend a rally for the president so that she could 'see for herself.' Leavitt also joked that Crockett was considered a 'rising star' for the Democrats, 'for the Republican Party, at least.' Crockett has indeed gotten some of the most media attention among the left since Trump's second term for her antagonism of both the president and Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott. Earlier this month, Crockett left a reporter in complete disbelief after saying Republicans privately expressed admiration for her. The firebrand progressive made the stunning claim during an interview Sunday with WFAA political reporter Jason Whitely, as the 44-year-old looks fill her party's top job on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. 'It's become clear, as I have been out in various cities throughout this country, where I've had Republicans walk up to me and tell me how much they like me,' Crockett said, after being asked about recent polling that suggests she could run for higher office in 2028. 'No, you haven't! Are you serious?' a flabbergasted Whitely interjected. 'You'd be surprised. Oh yeah,' the former public defender replied, the same day CNN 's Scott Jennings called her one of the 'true leaders' of the Democratic Party. 'Come on,' Whitely shot back incredulously. The reporter then pressed Crockett over any plans to potentially run for president in 2028. 'Yeah, no, I want to do what I can to hopefully make sure that we win, so I'm a team player,' she demurred. 'I want to win the majority back in Congress, but also win the presidency going into 2028,' she continued. Trump has called Crockett 'a very low-IQ person' and a 'lowlife.' He did so at the National Republican Congressional Committee's President's Dinner while mocking the chances of Crockett becoming her party's future leader - a take that pundits like Jennings have disagreed with. 'Crockett, AOC - I mean, those are the true leaders of your party right now,' he told his fellow panelists Sunday during an appearance on CNN's State of the Union. The interview aired just weeks before a June 24 caucus election to fill the committee position left vacant by late Rep. Gerry Connolly, who notably beat out Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez for the spot last year. Crockett, seen as a rising star in the caucus and a talented communicator, will face off against Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts, Kweisi Mfume of Maryland and Robert Garcia of California. Most see the race as wide open, after Ocasio-Cortez, 35, opted to not run this time around to keep her seat on the Energy and Commerce Committee.
Fox News
a day ago
- Politics
- Fox News
White House has suggestion for Jasmine Crockett after Dem calls Trump supporters 'sick'
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt clapped back against Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, after she accused President Donald Trump supporters of being "sick" and mentally ill. Speaking with reporters in the White House briefing room on Thursday, Leavitt said, "It's incredibly derogatory to accuse nearly 80 million Americans of mental illness." "The last time I checked, Jasmine Crockett couldn't dream of winning such a majority of the public as President Trump did," she said. "The America first movement, which President Trump has built, is filled with hardworking patriots. The forgotten men and women, business owners, law enforcement officers, nurses and teachers and Middle America, as we all know from where you all grew up outside of this Beltway. That's who makes up this president's movement," said Leavitt. "And Jasmine Crockett should go to a Trump rally sometime, and she can see it for herself." Leavitt also quipped that she hopes Crockett will continue to be a "rising star" in the Democratic Party, "for the Republican Party, at least." During a recent interview with Katie Couric, Crockett, one of the leading Democratic voices in the Trump resistance movement, explained Trump's reelection as being made possible by a national mental health crisis. "We've got a mental health crisis in this country because everyone, no matter how you affiliate yourself, should be against Trump, period. This is not partisan for me," said Crockett. The congresswoman also went on to claim that former Vice President Kamala Harris was more qualified to be president than Trump and that he was elected simply on the basis that he is an "old white man." She also said her "heart breaks for service members" in the military under Trump because "the very thing that they signed up to fight against is now their commander-in-chief." "It is really sick and anybody that supports it is also sick," said Crockett. During the same interview, Crockett also defended former President Joe Biden's mental acuity, claiming that she "never saw anything" from Biden that would have made her wonder about his mental sharpness, and argued that his mental acuity was "supreme" to President Donald Trump's. "We all slow down. But I will tell you that I will take a broken — or however they want to describe Joe Biden — over Donald Trump any given day, because, number one, I know Joe Biden's heart," Crockett said. Crockett has also recently taken heavy criticism for other comments against Republican leaders, including Texas Governor Greg Abbott, whom she mocked as "governor hot wheels." This comment garnered her wide condemnation given the fact that Abbott is a paraplegic who uses a wheelchair to move about.
The Independent
a day ago
- Politics
- The Independent
MAGA civil war gets uglier as Trump first pal Laura Loomer hurls Qatar money ‘lie' at Tucker Carlson
The MAGA civil war over the specter of America joining Israel's conflict with Iran has grown increasingly ugly in recent days as Donald Trump superfan and 'proud Islamophobe' Laura Loomer is now accusing Tucker Carlson of being bankrolled by Qatar, prompting Carlson's team to call out Loomer's 'lie.' Loomer, who generally sides with the hardcore 'America First' wing of Trump's coalition, has split from the MAGA isolationists and found common cause with the hawkish Republicans and right-wing commentators who are incessantly nudging the president to take military action against Tehran. In doing so, Loomer — who has the president's ear — has also pledged to snitch on any of her fellow conservative pundits and influencers who 'is sh*t talking Trump right now,' anointing herself the 'loyalty enforcer' of MAGA. 'I am screenshotting everyone's posts and I'm going to deliver them in a package to President Trump so he sees who is truly with him and who isn't,' Loomer tweeted this week. 'And I think by now everyone knows I mean it when I say I'm going to deliver something to Trump.' The rabid Trump supporter and self-described 'investigative journalist,' who has already taken credit for Trump axing his national security adviser and other 'disloyal' aides, is now looking to use her influence with the president to kneecap another longtime Trump ally who has been critical of the administration's Iran saber-rattling. During a recent discussion with Steve Bannon, the former Trump strategist who has also warned the president about attacking Iran, Carlson denied the implication lobbed by Fox News host Mark Levin that he was being paid by the Qatari government. Levin, who has been engaged in a months-long back-and-forth with his former Fox colleague over the brewing tensions with Iran, also accused Carlson of leaking stories to the press about him. 'Chatsworth Qatarlson is very angry,' Levin tweeted last week. 'Busy leaking to and planting stories with his media pals. Burning up his cellphone with calls to his embeds in government and his Koch-heads at the Quincy institute. A desperate man does desperate things.' The 'Qatarlson' jab appeared to refer to a Washington Examiner story last month about Qatar's foreign influence operation targeting conservative media figures, specifically noting that the Muslim kingdom's 'biggest victory in its post-election right-wing media campaign' was Carlson's friendly interview with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in March. The story noted that Foreign Agents Registration Act records showed that consulting firm Lumen8 Advisors LLC helped facilitate the interview, adding that the Qatari government was paying Lumen8 Advisors $180,000 per month 'to provide media and communication coaching and consulting services.' Meanwhile, the story that Levin suggested Carlson 'planted' was a Politico article about the 'MAGA vs. hawk battle' over Iran and Trump. Politico reported that Levin had a private lunch with Trump earlier this month in which he told the president that 'Iran was days away from building a nuclear weapon' despite American intelligence saying the opposite. The previously unreported meeting, where Levin urged Trump to allow Israel to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, was sourced to 'an intelligence official as well as another Trump ally familiar with the matter.' During his sitdown with Bannon earlier this week, Carlson outright refuted that the Qatari government had paid him. 'They know I'm not working for Qatar,' he declared. 'I've never taken a dime from any foreign country or anybody. They're the ones who have these weird, complex motives, and so they project onto everyone else the same.' Sharing a screenshot of the FARA documents that the Examiner had reported on last month, Loomer — who backtracked on her criticism of Trump accepting a free Qatari jet last month — claimed that she had caught Carlson lying and that he was peddling 'propaganda' on behalf of 'genocidal Muslims.' 'Tucker is controlled by Muslims. People need to wake up and stop pretending like this is a conspiracy theory,' she tweeted. 'Qatar and Iran are buying off conservative podcasters to push pro-Islamist, anti-American and anti-Israel talking points to undermine President Trump.' She also urged Bannon to 'correct the record for his viewers' and tell them Carlson was 'lying' about Qatar funding him, claiming that the Qataris had dished out $200,000 for Carlson's interview. 'Tucker is in fact being influenced by foreign money to spew propaganda for Islamists,' she added. 'This is un-American and dishonest.' The actual FARA document, however, shows that Lumen8 Advisors had not disbursed any money in connection with activity on behalf of Qatar over the past six months, something Neil patel – the CEO of Carlson's media company and longtime friend of the former Fox News star – pointed out this week while denying Loomer's accusations. 'Allegations that Tucker Carlson or Tucker Carlson Network took money from any foreign country for an interview or for any other reason are categorically and definitively false and defamatory,' Patel posted on X on Wednesday, which Carlson retweeted. 'Neither Tucker nor TCN has ever taken a penny from Qatar or any foreign country. To the contrary, TCN bought out all its investors last March to achieve total and absolute independence. Almost no other major media company can make that claim.' Patel followed that up by sharing a statement from Lumen8 Advisors that also denied that Carlson had received any compensation for his interview with the Qatari prime minister. 'Tucker Carlson, TCN, and its affiliates have never received payment from Lumen8Advisors, entities affiliated with it, or its client,' the statement noted. 'This is a lie. This contract and filing has nothing to do with us. Tucker and TCN have never accepted any foreign money, Qatari or otherwise,' Patel responded to Loomer's 'screenshot' tweet. 'None of this is even about the interview anyway, of course. It's about you not liking Tucker's views on a war that you want,' he added. 'That's your right, but it would be more honest if you addressed Tucker directly on the real topic.' Loomer, meanwhile, has continued to double and triple down on her claims, moving the goalposts by demanding that Carlson 'post all the receipts from the trip' for the interview. 'What type of consultant would ask Tucker Carlson to do an interview with the Prime Minister of Qatar and not pay for expenses or pay a fee?' Loomer wondered at one point. She has also turned her attention to Patel directly, noting that he once served as an adviser for former Vice President Dick Cheney while bringing up his ethnic background. 'How can they have any credibility to call Trump 'pro-war'?' Loomer raged. While Carlson and Patel appear to have moved on – Carlson did not respond to a request for comment – Loomer continues to try to make hay out of the Qatari interview, which has even resulted in her approvingly retweeting Levin congratulating her for a job 'well done.'
