- Donald Trump took aim on Thursday at several prominent figures in the American radical right, including Tucker Carlson and certain conspiracy theorists.
- These individuals have been accused by the American president of opposing the war he launched against Iran.
Donald Trump took a particularly virulent stance on Thursday against several figures of the American radical right, including some conspiracy theorists, accused by the American president of opposing the war he launched against Iran. “I know why Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones (…) think it’s great that Iran, the first state supporting terrorism, has nuclear weapons,”
wrote the Republican billionaire on his Truth Social network. “It’s because they have something in common: they have low IQs. They are stupid.
These four influential conservative commentators have publicly expressed their opposition to the war in Iran, seeing it as a breach of the isolationist promise of “America First” upheld by Donald Trump. They also accuse him, to varying degrees, of giving in to Israeli pressure to trigger the conflict.
These positions reflect a growing division within the Republican base. A recent YouGov poll for The Economist
in recent days found that 22% of those who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 oppose the war in Iran, while 71% support it.
The four “have all been haunted by television, lost their shows, and are not even invited on sets anymore because no one is interested in them, they are unbalanced troublemakers,”
wrote Donald Trump in capital letters, before taking aim at them one by one.
“Mad Genocidaire”
Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly are both former hosts of the conservative channel Fox News who now host their own independent shows. Donald Trump advises the former, who has long criticized American support for Israel, to “maybe go see a psychiatrist.”
He also targets conspiracy theorist influencer Candace Owens, “who accuses the highly respected First Lady of France of being a man, when that is not the case.”
The American president said “hopes”
that Brigitte Macron “wins a lot of money”
in the defamation lawsuit brought by the French presidential couple against Candace Owens, accused of widely circulating the falsehood that Emmanuel Macron’s wife was “born a man.”
After Donald Trump’s remarks on Tuesday threatening to destroy Iranian civilization, Candace Owens had called the American president a “mad genocidaire.”
She also supported the need for him to be removed from power, like some American lawmakers. In response to Donald Trump’s post, the conspiracy theorist influencer suggested “putting Grandpa in a retirement home.”
