Christine Drews Sieger
A growing list of high-profile conservatives and former allies are publicly cutting ties with the president over his second-term policies.
Former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene stood as one of the president’s most devoted allies.
Their partnership collapsed over the release of the Epstein files, sparking a bitter feud on Truth Social.
Trump pulled his endorsement, calling her “Wacky” and claiming she had turned to “ROT.”
Greene hit back, claiming that the controversy surrounding the Epstein documents was what ultimately pushed Trump over the edge.
According to Indy100, she posted on X: “I never thought that fighting to release the Epstein files, defending women who were victims of rape, and fighting to expose the web of rich powerful elites would have caused this, but here we are.”
She eventually left Congress and lashed out at fellow Republicans. Speaking on 60 Minutes, she slammed her party colleagues, arguing that many lawmakers only “kiss Trump’s a** out of fear.”
On The Megyn Kelly Show, Greene slammed foreign interventions, stating: “We’re in another f***ing war and we’ve got American troops being killed.”
Media stars exit
Popular broadcasters are walking away too. Podcaster Joe Rogan pushed back hard against aggressive enforcement tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Rogan took aim at aggressive immigration enforcement on his show, stating that “tearing families apart doesn’t make the country safer.”
Rogan later criticized operations in Iran, warning the conflict “makes America an enemy and it makes us less safe.”
He also targeted the president’s cryptocurrency earnings and mocked renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America, saying it “doesn’t make any sense.”
Former Fox News presenter Tucker Carlson has transformed into a fierce critic of the administration.
Carlson pulled no punches on Stephen A. Smith’s Straight Shooter, branding the war in Iran as “the most disastrous decision” made by an American president in his lifetime.
On The Tucker Carlson Show, he apologized for “misleading people” about his political backing.
He later declared on the Can’t Be Censored podcast that “there is no defending this” and walked away from the party, according to Indy100.
On his podcast, Carlson insisted that any commander-in-chief who openly contemplates a nuclear strike ought to be “removed from office immediately.”
Cracks in America First
The growing backlash points to a deeper divide within the political movement that helped return Trump to power.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Tucker Carlson’s increasingly outspoken criticism has centered on what he sees as a departure from the “America First” principles that once united much of Trump’s political base, particularly over the war in Iran.
The dispute has become significant enough to create tensions among senior Republicans, including Vice President JD Vance, who has publicly defended his friendship with Carlson despite pressure to distance himself.
With former allies like Greene and influential media figures now questioning Trump’s foreign policy, the fractures appear to extend beyond a personal feud — raising broader questions about whether the movement can remain united behind the president.
