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Playingmantis

(662 posts)
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:25 PM 17 hrs ago

Trump attacks his allies

President Trump on Thursday assailed Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and two other leading conservative podcasters who oppose the war in Iran in a blistering 482-word Truth Social post that insulted his critics in starkly personal terms.

The president reserved some of his sharpest attacks for Candace Owens and Alex Jones, two conspiracy-minded conservatives who in recent days have called for Mr. Trump to be removed from office. The president had faced weeks of criticism from all four media figures, but had largely ignored them until Thursday.

“They have one thing in common, Low IQs,” the president said of the four media figures. “They’re stupid people, they know it, their families know it, and everyone else knows it, too!”

In his post on Thursday, Mr. Trump described Mr. Carlson as a “broken man,” saying he has “never been the same” since his dismissal from Fox News in 2023. He revived a long-running feud with Ms. Kelly over a question she asked during a debate in 2015 regarding statements he had made about women, writing that she had treated him “nastily.”

“These so-called ‘pundits’ are LOSERS, and they always will be!” Mr. Trump wrote.
Separately on Thursday, Mr. Trump criticized the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal after it accused him of a “premature” declaration of victory in Iran. The Journal has “one of the worst and most inaccurate ‘Editorial Boards’ in the World,” the president wrote.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/politics/trump-tucker-carlson-candace-owens.html

Keep it up Trumpie! Soon they will all realize that sooner or later you will turn against them no matter how much they kiss your ass! Maybe the truth about you will dawn on even the dumbest of them!

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Trump attacks his allies (Original Post) Playingmantis 17 hrs ago OP
Name calling, death videos by this man is beyond the pale vapor2 17 hrs ago #1
Trump at war with his MAGA cheerleaders belpejic 17 hrs ago #2
Under water? In quicksand up to his ankles. usonian 15 hrs ago #5
Yep, they'll all start abandoning him Figarosmom 15 hrs ago #3
Trump betrays everyone close to him or who trusts him. Starting with his wife. usonian 15 hrs ago #4
Was there an issue here? Buddyzbuddy 14 hrs ago #6
I dunno. Maybe he could bark at them and bite their legs struggle4progress 14 hrs ago #7

vapor2

(4,583 posts)
1. Name calling, death videos by this man is beyond the pale
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:29 PM
17 hrs ago

What is the effn red line for republicans??? The no longer deserve to retain power

belpejic

(805 posts)
2. Trump at war with his MAGA cheerleaders
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:31 PM
17 hrs ago

It doesn't matter how nasty he is to legacy media--that doesn't really seem to move the needle.

However, start insulting the media outlets and personalities that your MAGA base tunes into and all of a sudden you are doing something perilously stupid.

Insulting one of Rupert Murdoch's propaganda organs seems particularly unwise.

Keep it up Trump! Even if it peels off a few percentage points of your base you'll find yourself even deeper underwater, just when you need all of the support you can get.

Figarosmom

(12,217 posts)
3. Yep, they'll all start abandoning him
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 01:44 AM
15 hrs ago

I think Nixon finally resigned when he figured out no one was going to stick with him any longer. I wonder if this dip shit will figure that out?

usonian

(25,629 posts)
4. Trump betrays everyone close to him or who trusts him. Starting with his wife.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 01:46 AM
15 hrs ago

Only a matter of how many Scaramucci's.

They never learn.


Buddyzbuddy

(2,684 posts)
6. Was there an issue here?
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 02:27 AM
14 hrs ago

Because I don't see a problem.

Don't disturb the predators when they're devouring each other.
Less to cleanup when they're done.

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