Former Congresswomen Marjorie Taylor Greene, whom Trump mentioned in passing in his post, responded to his comments on X.
“President Trump has gone mad as he wages war against Iran, a broken campaign promise,” she wrote. “I fought alongside Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens and Alex Jones to help get Trump elected.”
“We never changed,” she concluded. “Trump did.”
Greene, who dramatically broke with Trump last year over what she said was his lack of transparency in handling government files connected to Jeffrey Epstein, has stepped up her attacks on the president after resigning from Congress in January.
Her criticism of the Iran war, along with that of Carlson, Kelly and others, reflects some of the cracks that have formed in Trump’s conservative coalition since the conflict began.
That raises the already high stakes for Trump, as Vice-President JD Vance leads an American delegation to Pakistan to engage in face-to-face negotiations with the Iranians on Saturday.
For the moment, a tenuous two-week ceasefire with Iran is in place. On Friday, however, Trump told the New York Post that the US military was rearming and resupplying in preparation for renewed hostilities with Iran if the talks break down.
If that happens, the likes of Carlson and Greene may have company, as opposition from within Trump’s party grows.
