by Rod Williams, April 9, 2026 - I am happy to see war among MAGA. When the most horrible people turn on each other, it gives me joy.
Unless one purposely avoids knowing what goes on in the world, one probably knows about Trump's profanity-laden Easter Truth Social post in which he dropped the F-bomb, threatened war crimes, and praised Allah.
Trump's Easter post certainly was offensive. I, however, have kind of become numb to the offensive things Trump says and does, and can no longer be shocked.
If I had woken up this morning and learned Trump had dropped a nuclear bomb on Iran, I would be outraged, fearful, sad, and would experience other emotions, but would not be shocked.
If, as we approach the mid-term elections, Trump declares that several American cities are in a state of insurrection and therefore we must suspend the elections, I would be alarmed and outraged but would not be shocked.
Given Trump's coup attempt, his abusive use of the pardon power, his crooked business dealings, his trampling of the Constitution, denial of due process, sending innocent people to torture prisons, his continuing cover up of the Epstein files, his threats to use force to annex portions of allied countries, and his unleashing of armed paramilitary thugs to murder protestors on the streets of American cities, Trump's Easter rant was not the most outrageous or offensive thing he has ever done.
Given all that Trump has done that is offensive, I am somewhat surprised that the Trump F-bomb Easter post is the thing that causes elements of his coalition to turn on him. Candace Owens has turned on Trump. Marjorie Taylor Green had already turned on Trump but found the Easter F-bomb post particularly offensive. Alex Jones has turned on Trump over that post and the war, and a bunch of other MAGA influencers have done so.
Some of those who turned on Trump are so marginalized that I think they are irrelevant. You have to really be on the far edge of the political spectrum to care what conspiracy theorist Alex Jones thinks. It was Alex Jones who alleged the Sandy Hook school shooting was a red flag operation and the dead children were really actors. I doubt Alex Jones influence ranges far beyond the weirdest of people
As for Marjorie Taylor Greene, she is out of office and slipping into irrelevance. While I am glad to see her turn on Trump, she seems to have a screw loose and may be crazier than Trump. After she attributed California wildfires to Jewish space lasers, I think her credibility has been diminished. Some of the other MAGA influencers who have turned on Trump have little influence.
Candace Owens is a major public figure and she has turned o n Trump. However, if you have followed her fixation on the Charlie Kirk assassination, she has woven such a complicated tale that she seems unhinged. Her conspiracy theory involves the French Foreign Legion, Kirk's widow Erica, the Jews, Israel, an Egyptian military contractor, Calvary Church, the CIA, other people in Turning Point USA, and various others. I can't keep track. I assume people still watch her for the entertainment value, but I suspect the number of people she actually influences is quite limited.
Tucker turning on Trump is different. It is significant. Tucker Carlson is the most influential pundit in America. Neither the big legacy newspapers, 60 Minutes, PBS Newshour, This Week, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNow, CNN, nor Fox have the reach of Tucker Carlson. Also, Tucker has been one of Trump's most vocal supporters. Sure, Calson is a propagandist for Putin and platforms neo-Nazis, but most of the time, he sounds reasonable. He spreads conspiracy theories, but for the most part, he sounds rational. Of course, there was the claim by Carlson that he was physically attacked and "mauled" by a demon while sleeping in his bed, leaving him with bleeding claw marks on his ribs and shoulder. Other than this "demonic encounter," Carlson sounds relatively sane.
Carlson turning on Trump should matter. I wonder if it will. I wonder how much. Many Trump loyalists are like cult members who will follow the leader anywhere. They will do a 180 on free trade, on the importance of alliances, on support for the First Amendment, and will excuse immoral behavior that they once would have condemned. Many have "drank the Kool-Aid." Others, I suspect, however, still have a modicum of human decency and can still reason. Maybe some of those will be persuaded by Tucker Carlson's arguments.
Tucker Carlson's denunciation of Trump is powerful. It needs to be shared.
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