We watched Tucker Carlson nearly every night when he was on Fox News. One time he went on vacation and was doing some fly fishing in Montana. We like fishing here, too. However, now he has been doing his fishing in Qatar. He has denied receiving money from that country, but he did buy property there. He came out and condemned Trump’s Iran strike as “disgusting and evil,” while claiming the president has abandoned his “America First,” non-interventionist principles. Carlson’s hatred drove him to describe Trump as being ‘demonic.’ One wonders…were the constant attacks and hostage taking on Israel by Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis also ‘demonic?’ How much is Qatar paying him?
Alex Jones has loudly condemned Trump’s strikes against Iran. I began listening to Jones in 2009 and he inspired a great many of my early cartoons. Jones uses a lot of colorful metaphors that conjures up interesting visuals. Next month Jones’ operations may get shut down. He was ordered to pay $1.5 billion in a defamation judgment by a biased judge. That’s a ridiculous amount that should at the very least be greatly reduced. There were a lot of odd anomalies in the Sandy Hook incident. Some have said Jones got rich by spreading conspiracy theories, but there’s nothing wrong with him making money—after all it’s capitalism. CNN pays Jake Tapper over $7 million per year. Jones needs to understand he has Trump supporters in his listening base. They are now leaving because of his unhinged Trump attacks, which he keeps doubling down on. All this does is make Jones look even more crazy.
Megyn Kelly vociferously objects to the war in Iran, and like Carlson, she suggests Trump was weak and susceptible to the ‘bamboozling’ influence from Netanyahu, Mark Levin, and Ben Shapiro. This is become a common theme among many conservative influencers. Some even seem to be supporting Iran because their anti-Israel bias is that pronounced. Many on the left are joining them in their anti-Israel rhetoric. Kelly was never real MAGA as she attacked him like a yapping dog in the first Fox Debate in 2015.
Candace Owens said she was ‘embarrassed’ that she supported Trump. Like other conservative podcasters who turned against Trump, she claims he’s in the pocket of Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu. She has gone so far as to urge troops to leave the US military. She has labeled Trump as a ‘genocidal lunatic.’ She made her “Erika killed Charlie” narrative into a booming money making outrage machine.
As for the former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, she was once an ardent supporter of Trump, but she broke with the president over Jeffrey Epstein. Many on the left and some conservatives claim Trump is a pedophile because he once associated with Epstein, but there is no proof that Trump committed crimes—Ghislane Maxwell said he was not associated with Epstein’s activities with underaged girls. Trump was never on Epstein Island and in fact, Trump kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago when he caught wind of Epstein’s behavior toward young ladies there. Like the others, Trump’s ‘pro-war’ stance is another reason for her opposition to the president. She quit Congress over her public spat with him and claimed she was receiving too many personal attacks. All Marjorie Taylor accomplished in Congress was enriching herself, her self worth ballooned to $25 million dollars during her time in the House.
Trump retaliated by calling his former supporters and and critics “Stupid people,” “losers,” and “nut jobs”. He said they are not MAGA and called them “Low IQ.” Tucker even made a hat with “LOW IQ” on it, but one wonders who on Earth would wear such a thing. No one except Tucker, we think.
We don’t like the back and forth name calling, but many may not realize that Trump uses his ‘art of the deal,’ even in war. That’s why he makes outrageous threats and statements. He’s trying to make a deal what’s left of Iran’s leadership. It probably won’t work, but attacking Trump will not work for the conservative influencers, either. Trump remains our best hope to right the ship—he has already closed the border for illegal aliens. He’s lessening crime, and working to end fraud and corruption brought about by Democrats, plus he is ending election fraud. Do we really want to lose the midterms and see the destruction of the US?