{"id":33459,"date":"2026-08-08T23:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33459"},"modified":"2026-08-08T23:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:44:19","slug":"hunter-biden-says-greene-and-massie-have-woken-up-for-standing-up-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33459","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden says Greene and Massie have &#8216;woken up&#8217; for standing up to Trump"},"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<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/AP25176770998135-e1781032904419.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n        <iframe id=\"instaread_iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Audio Article\" style=\"display:block\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/p>\n<p><\/instaread-player><\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, stated that he liked the \u201cwoken up\u201d version of former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a promo for his appearance on former Fox News host Tucker Carlson\u2019s self-titled show, Biden aired his support of Massie and Greene following their criticism of various Trump administration policies.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI like Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene. I like that there are people that have kind of woken up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Massie publicly broke away from Trump several high-profile issues, including <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/5657942-massie-epstein-files-doj\/\">the release<\/a> of the Jeffrey Epstein files, foreign policy and the president\u2019s ballroom renovation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a bad guy. He deserves to lose,\u201d Trump told reporters at the White House\u2019s annual Congressional Picnic following <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5884917-trump-massie-retribution-takeaways\/\">Massie\u2019s loss<\/a> to Trump-backed Ed Gallrein in Kentucky\u2019s GOP primaries.<\/p>\n<p>Greene said on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones\u2019s \u201cInfowars\u201d that Trump is \u201cnot the same man that we supported\u201d for a decade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people have to open their eyes and deal with reality and deal with truth. And the truth is, look, you may have supported President Trump for 10 years, like I did and like you have, but this is not the same man,\u201d she continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Greene met with Massie and Carlson, posting on Aug. 1 that she believed Trump had \u201cbetrayed us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She teased a potential political movement, writing in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FmrRepMTG\/status\/2083568963846303896?s=20\">the post<\/a>, \u201cOur commitment is America First for all Americans, right, left, and center. The movement has begun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cracks in the Republican party extended to conservative political commentator Candace Owens, who Biden said he liked in the promotion. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/hunter-biden-interview-candace-owens-key-moments-11986428\">apologized in an interview<\/a> with Biden for her contributions to public criticism he faced during the 2020 presidential election for his drug addiction and the laptop scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Political analyst Nate Silver said Thursday that President Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/6001635-donald-trump-approval-rating-declining-iran-war-nate-silver-analysis\/\">approval rating<\/a> is at a new second-term low in July. The drop in satisfaction with the current administration <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NateSilver538\/status\/2082860025551217033?s=20\">follows attacks<\/a> resuming in Iran and rising gas prices across the country, according to Silver.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The full interview between Biden and Carlson will be released on Aug. 10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, stated that he liked the \u201cwoken up\u201d version of former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Rep. 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