They were blind, having bullshit in their eyes. They didn’t immediately understand that Donald Trump was a pathological liar. That’s why these Maga leaders apologize now for having misled voters.
The war in Iran has accelerated the rift between the American president and some of his former MAGA supporters. Podcast host Tucker Carlson, a former Fox News star, said on April 20, 2026 he « will be tormented for long » for his support to Donald Trump.
These words remind CNN of the apology made by former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene last November. Or of conspiracy theorist Candace Owens, who said last June that she was « ashamed » after the first US bombings in Iran. Along with Alex Jones, another former critic, they suggested removing Trump by invoking the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.
Trump’s apocalyptic threats against Iran led Megyn Kelly, another former Fox News star and MAGA’s muse, to call for the president’s removal. She, too, condemned Trump’s war in Iran and his falling out with Pope Leo XIV.