Trump lashes out at Tucker Carlson, Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene over Maine gathering
Key Takeaways
- •Trump accused Tucker Carlson, Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene of being disloyal and repeatedly insulted them in a Truth Social post.
- •The post referenced an early-August meeting at Carlson’s lodge in Maine, where attendees reportedly discussed a possible 2028 presidential run.
- •Carlson has said he wants to help build a third party and stop supporting the Republican Party.
- •Trump sharply criticized Greene after their fallout and said he withdrew his endorsement of her late last year.
- •Massie was targeted for his pattern of opposition voting after losing a primary to a Trump-backed challenger.
President Donald Trump unleashed a lengthy Truth Social post attacking three of his most prominent MAGA-turned-critics — Tucker Carlson, Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene — reviving his feud with a breakaway faction openly plotting against him.
The post pointed to an early-August gathering at Carlson's lodge in Maine, where the former Fox host brought together Massie, Greene and others who reportedly urged him to mount a 2028 presidential run. Carlson, whose prime-time program was the most-watched in cable news before his abrupt April 2023 exit from the network and who has since broadcast independently on X and his own subscription platform, has vowed to help build a third party and to stop backing the GOP — a lane with a thin historical record: Ross Perot's 1992 independent bid drew 19 percent of the popular vote, the best third-party showing since 1912, yet won no electoral votes.
Trump was unsparing.
"Tucker Carlson just met with Lightweight 'Former' Congressman, Thomas Massie, and Marjorie 'Traitor' Greene, LOSERS ALL!" he wrote, claiming Carlson's audience had "fallen through the floor" and branding him "a very Low I.Q. individual" who "could barely get out of College." Trump said Carlson wants to run for office but "should be required to take a cognitive test."
He then turned to Greene, who resigned her Georgia seat this year after a bitter split with the president, mocking her as "Marjorie Taylor Brown (Green turns to Brown under stress!)" and "a highly neurotic young woman" who flipped from "Ultra Conservative to a Liberal 'Fool'" because he stopped returning her calls. The falling-out is a sharp reversal for a congresswoman who built her national profile as one of Trump's most vocal defenders in the House. Trump withdrew his endorsement of Greene late last year.
Massie, who lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger, was dismissed as "a failed politician, and a real JERK" for voting "'NO,' on everything" — a jab aimed at a brand of solitary dissent the libertarian-leaning Kentuckian had made his signature in House votes long before his break with Trump.
"What a team this would be, THREE LOSERS, and a pocketful of change," Trump wrote, before an incongruous sign-off: "PRAISE BE TO ALLAH!"
