{"id":29154,"date":"2026-08-06T00:18:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29154"},"modified":"2026-08-06T00:18:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:18:40","slug":"whiny-turncoats-trump-wh-goes-nuclear-on-tucker-carlsons-america-first-gathering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29154","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Whiny Turncoats\u2019: Trump WH Goes Nuclear On Tucker Carlson\u2019s \u2018America First\u2019 Gathering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5748612\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5748612\" class=\"wp-image-5748612 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22214700935819-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5748612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Rich Graessle\/Icon Sportswire)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The White House has officially responded to <strong>Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/strong> and <strong>Tucker Carlson<\/strong> teaming up to start a new political party.<\/p>\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump&#8217;s<\/strong> administration on Wednesday branded the two ex-MAGA fans \u2014 as well as lame duck Rep. <strong>Thomas Massie<\/strong> (R-KY) and former head of the National Counterterrorism Center <strong>Joe Kent \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;whiny turncoats&#8221; for plotting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/mtg-teams-up-with-tucker-carlson-and-thomas-massie-to-plot-new-political-party-the-movement-has-begun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their &#8220;America First&#8221; party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>White House spokesperson <strong>Davis Ingle<\/strong> ripped the anti-Trump quartet in a statement shared with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/maga-is-in-turmoil-over-tucker-carlsons-possible-2028-presidential-bid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Wired<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump created the greatest political movement in the history of politics with the MAGA movement, and he remains the unequivocal leader of the Republican Party,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The President is committed to maintaining Republican majorities in Congress and continuing to lower costs for working families. Meanwhile, this photo represents an embarrassing collection of mostly whiny turncoats who dramatically overestimate their influence and relevance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The response comes four days after Green posted a picture of herself, Carlson, Kent, and Massie sitting at a wooden table and enjoying chocolate chip cookies and milk. But it wasn&#8217;t just a relaxed hangout \u2014 MTG said they were plotting political revenge on Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe said no more foreign wars and we meant it and supported Donald Trump because he made that promise. But he\u2019s betrayed us all,\u201d Greene wrote. \u201cOur commitment is America First for all Americans, right, left, and center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe movement has begun,\u201d Greene capped off her post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"a3780db85c136dbb48eb6a2f07d34a02\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We said no more foreign wars and we meant it and supported Donald Trump because he made that promise.<br \/>But he\u2019s betrayed us all.<br \/>Our commitment is America First for all Americans, right, left, and center. <br \/>The movement has begun. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mZXadw0kBr\">pic.twitter.com\/mZXadw0kBr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f1fa-1f1f8.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> (@FmrRepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FmrRepMTG\/status\/2083568963846303896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"qualified qualified-2\">MTG posted the pic a month after Carlson said he was working<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/the-interview\/all-i-have-is-the-power-to-talk-and-be-heard-tucker-carlson-interview-pitying-trump-podcast-new-third-party-nicotine-pouch-alp-fox-news-fired-anti-war-gaza-immigration.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0to \u201chelp build\u201d<\/a>\u00a0a new third party. Carlson said it was imperative because the Republicans and Democrats are too busy worrying about foreign affairs while the lives of average Americans crumble.<\/p>\n<p>His\u00a0announcement followed Carlson saying in June he was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tucker-carlson-officially-ditches-the-republican-party-not-loyal-to-the-united-states\/\"> done voting for Republicans; <\/a>Greene\u00a0made the same announcement soon after.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow could I or any American voter support a political party that\u2019s not loyal to the United States. That puts the interests of a foreign country above those of its own citizens,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cIt\u2019s not possible to vote for people like that, and I\u2019m not going to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"qualified qualified-3\">Carlson was referring to Israel, a country he has<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/tucker-carlson-accuses-weak-trump-of-letting-israel-push-him-into-iran-war-not-the-most-powerful-man-in-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0been fixated on<\/a>. He said Trump\u2019s 2024 campaign was funded largely by people with \u201cloyalty to Israel,\u201d which is now forcing the president to make decisions not in the best interest of the USA. Carlson, once one of Trump&#8217;s biggest backers, remains a supporter of Vice President<strong> JD Vance<\/strong>, whom he&#8217;s long had a close relationship with and lobbied Trump to put on the ticket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qualified qualified-3\">Trump has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/did-israel-force-your-hand-abcs-rachel-scott-confronts-trump-on-iran-strike\/\">scoffed at those kinds of claims,<\/a> saying in March about the Iran war, \u201cIf anything, I might\u2019ve forced Israel\u2019s hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And despite working on the new party, MTG appears to have a bit of time for other projects. Greene announced on Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/marjorie-taylor-greene-joins-cameo-wants-fans-to-fork-over-5000-for-a-business-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she was joining Cameo<\/a>, where she is available to create personalized &#8220;business videos&#8221; for a minimum of $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/whiny-turncoats-trump-wh-goes-nuclear-on-tucker-carlsons-america-first-gathering\/\">\u2018Whiny Turncoats\u2019: Trump WH Goes Nuclear On Tucker Carlson\u2019s \u2018America First\u2019 Gathering<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Rich Graessle\/Icon Sportswire) The White House has officially responded to Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson teaming up to start a new political party. President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration on Wednesday branded the two ex-MAGA fans \u2014 as well as lame duck Rep. 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