President Donald Trump went nuclear on Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Monday, blasting him on social media after the congressman criticized U.S. airstrikes in Iran and tried to rein in presidential war powers.
Trump unleashed a furious post on Truth Social, calling Massie “weak, ineffective,” and “not MAGA,” before demanding, “GET THIS BUM OUT OF OFFICE ASAP!”
“Actually, MAGA doesn’t want him, doesn’t know him, and doesn’t respect him,” Trump wrote. “He is a negative force who almost always Votes ‘NO,’ no matter how good something may be.”
But Trump wasn’t done.
“He’s a simple minded ‘grandstander’ who thinks it’s good politics for Iran to have the highest level Nuclear weapon, while at the same time yelling ‘DEATH TO AMERICA’ at every chance they get,” he added. “MAGA should drop this pathetic LOSER Thomas Massie like the plague!”
Massie fired back just hours later. Posting on X, he tagged Trump directly: “You declared so much War on me today it should require an Act of Congress.” He ended the post with a jab: #sassywithmassie.
In a follow-up interview with Fox News Digital, Massie didn’t hold back: “I didn’t think he would let neocons determine his foreign policy and drag us into another war.”
He warned that Trump’s hawkish turn could cost Republicans in the long run: “I think the political danger to him is he induces a degree of apathy in the Republican base, and they fail to show up to keep us in the majority in the midterms.”
Speaking on Face the Nation, Massie slammed Trump’s decision to bomb Iranian nuclear sites: “It was a good week for the neocons and the military industrial complex who want war all the time.”
“We are exhausted,” he said. “We are tired from all of these wars… What he promised us was, we would put America first.”
He didn’t hold back on CNN’s Inside Politics either: “This is a hot war,” Massie said. “There are two nations, Israel and Iran, trading volleys of missiles every night… and we’re a co-belligerent now in this war.”
Massie insists he’s representing the original MAGA base: “the base of the MAGA party that got Trump elected.”
But Trump loyalists are now circling. Far-right influencer Laura Loomer resurfaced an old insult, calling Massie a “petty b—h,” then doubled down: “So glad everyone is finally waking up to what a massive c–t Thomas Massie is.”
She later added, “I’m not going to get nuked for Thomas Massie and Tucker Carlson.”
Trump adviser Chris LaCivita piled on, reposting a message from White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair, who said Massie “opposes everything” and “never engages constructively.” LaCivita’s comment? “Oh he knows what time it is … it’s Times Up!”
