Trump Attacks Tucker Carlson, Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene in Truth Social Post; Greene Responds
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The Facts
- Trump posted a lengthy attack on Truth Social late on Friday, Aug. 21, calling Carlson, Massie and Greene "LOSERS ALL!"
- Trump wrote that Carlson has "become totally irrelevant" and is "a very Low I.Q. individual."
- Trump wrote that Carlson "should be required to take a cognitive test" if he seeks political office.
- The post referred to an early-August meeting at Carlson's home attended by Massie, Greene and others.
- Carlson said he would stop supporting the Republican Party and work to launch a third party.
- Attendees at the Carlson gathering reportedly urged him to run for president in 2028.
- Greene responded on Saturday, calling Trump a "neocon puppet for Israel" and saying she wished she had never supported him.
- The dispute follows disagreements over US military action against Iran, support for Israel and release of the Epstein files.
- Massie and Greene had criticized the administration's decision to lift certain tariffs on imported ground beef.
- Trump lost the backing of Massie, who was defeated in his Republican primary this year after Trump endorsed a challenger.
Context
What exactly did Trump write in the post?
Trump wrote: "Tucker Carlson just met with Lightweight 'Former' Congressman, Thomas Massie, and Marjorie 'Traitor' Greene, LOSERS ALL! Tucker's 'Views' have fallen through the floor, and will only get worse" Newsweek,HuffPost,PJ Media. He added that Carlson is "totally irrelevant" and "a very Low I.Q. individual" who "could barely get out of College" RadarOnline,Raw Story,Yahoo. He also wrote, "What a team this would be, THREE LOSERS, and a pocketful of change!" and said their only chance was to "join the Radical Left Dumocrats" RadarOnline,Hill,TheWrap. The Hill reported he called Greene "a highly neurotic woman" and Massie a "real JERK" Hill,Hindustan Times.
Why have Carlson, Greene and Massie broken with Trump?
The three have publicly opposed the administration over US military involvement in Iran and support for Israel International Busin…,Mediaite,RT. Massie and Greene also pressed the Justice Department to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein, which Trump resisted Mediaite,Salon.com. Carlson has questioned whether Trump could be the "Antichrist" TV Insider,Mediaite. Greene resigned from Congress in January amid the falling out Mediaite.
What is unresolved?
Carlson has pledged to help build a third party but no party has been formally launched, and it is not clear whether he will run for office Newsweek,RT,Yahoo. Reports differ on which meeting Trump was referencing; the Daily Beast noted it was not immediately clear, pointing to an Aug. 1 photo Greene posted showing Carlson, Massie and former counterterrorism official Joe Kent Daily Beast,Yahoo. International Business Times framed the rift as occurring ahead of the November midterm elections International Busin….
Where Left and Right agree, and where they split
Left and right largely agree on this one.
- Where Left and Right agree
- The underlying disputes over Iran, Israel and the Epstein files are real and unanswered, and insults plus a cognitive-test demand substitute for argument rather than settling anything.
- Where Left and Right differ in emphasis
- Whether the story is about a country losing the ability to debate war on the merits, or about a leader who owes his own coalition justification instead of obedience.
- Why they won’t converge
- This is a legitimacy divide, not an empirical one: both sides read the same post and disagree over whether authority in a coalition is owed to the leader who won or earned by answering dissenters, a question no additional fact about Friday night can settle.
How left and right read it
Whether this country can argue about bombing Iran on the merits is the stake here — and the answer, this time, was a demand that a critic take a cognitive test. Because the rupture traces to genuine disagreements over military action against Iran, support for Israel, and the Epstein files, a late-night post branding all three "LOSERS ALL!" settles none of it. Nor will a third party. So who carries that argument?
“President Donald Trump spiraled into a late-night attack on some of his former allies on Friday, calling them "LOSERS" and berating them with personal digs.” — HuffPost
The burden of proof belongs to whoever wants American force committed abroad, not to the people asking why. That presumption is precisely what a "LOSERS ALL!" post and a demand that Carlson sit for a cognitive test refuse, because ridicule stands in for justification on Iran, Israel and the Epstein files, leaving dissenters treated as nuisances rather than answered. Earn the coalition; don't command it.
“They're now thorns in the side of the party, as Tucker spews whatever the hell he wants and Greene, well, seems to have lost the plot over the Epstein Files.” — Townhall
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