Donald Trump is turning his fire inward, warning right-wing pundits that if they question his Iran war, they’re not speaking for MAGA.
In a fiery response to criticism from prominent conservative media figures, the president lashed out at longtime allies Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson after both publicly raised concerns about his decision to launch strikes on Iran.
“I think that MAGA is Trump — MAGA’s not the other two,” Trump said bluntly, dismissing their objections. “MAGA loves what I’m doing — every aspect of it.”
Speaking on her SiriusXM show, Kelly said she supports Trump but isn’t willing to rubber-stamp another Middle East conflict without scrutiny.
“I have serious doubts about what we’re doing,” she said, adding that questioning war does not make someone disloyal or unpatriotic. “You don’t have to accept another Middle East war without questions.”
“No one should have to die for a foreign country,” she added.
Trump was unmoved.
Kelly “oughta study her history book a little bit,” he told independent reporter Rachael Bade, noting that she opposed him during his first presidential run before eventually backing him again. “Some people are against — and they always come back.”
Meanwhile, Carlson argued on his show that the conflict was driven primarily by Israel’s interests — not America’s.
“This happened because Israel wanted it to happen,” Carlson said, echoing reporting from outlets including The New York Times and The Washington Post that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been lobbying Trump for weeks to strike Iran.
Carlson also reportedly tried to dissuade Trump from escalating the conflict, but the president brushed off his influence.
“His opposition has no impact on me,” Trump said.
Administration Defends the Strikes
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended the operation as a “preventive” move, arguing that Iran would have targeted U.S. troops after Israel’s actions.
But as American casualties mount, fractures within the MAGA coalition are becoming harder to ignore.
