President Donald Trump went after big-name conservative media figures Thursday over their criticism of his handling of the war in Iran, calling some of his former allies “low IQ," “losers” and "nut jobs."
Trump criticized Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens and Alex Jones, who have all broken with him over the war.
“They’re losers, just trying to latch on to MAGA,” Trump wrote on Truth Social before dishing out personal insults.
"They’re stupid people, they know it, their families know it, and everyone else knows it, too!" he wrote.
He said Carlson "should see a good psychiatrist," called Owens "crazy," described Jones as saying "some of the dumbest things” and referred to Kelly as having "nastily" asked him about his past remarks about comedian Rosie O'Donnell.
Owens responded by posting a screenshot of Trump’s post on X and writing, “It may be time to put Grandpa up in a home.”
“Trump’s mad that he’s wrong. He’s mad that he got set up by Israel," Jones said on his show.
"Once a man, twice a child,” he added. “This is dementia.”
Spokespeople for Carlson and Kelly did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
In the past week, Carlson, a former Fox News host, called on U.S. military aides to reject plans to kill Iranian civilians, while Owens, the former communications director of Turning Point USA, said the Trump administration was “satanic” and urged Congress to “have the Mad King Trump removed.”
Kelly, a former Fox host and NBC News anchor, said on her podcast this week that she was “sick of this s---,” adding, "You don’t just threaten to wipe out an entire civilization.” On his show, Jones, the right-wing conspiracy theorist, called for Trump to be removed through the 25th Amendment.
Their comments, which intensified after Trump threatened to wipe out Iranian civilization, underscore a growing schism within Trump’s base over the Iran war, particularly after he campaigned on "no new wars."
In his post, Trump said his former supporters in conservative media like Carlson and the others are “not ‘MAGA.’”
"MAGA is about WINNING and STRENGTH in not allowing Iran to have Nuclear Weapons," he said. "MAGA is about MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and these people have no idea how to do that."
