One could say that President Trump has burned his bridges with the formerly conservative podcasters who have turned on him, but for the fact that they burned them first. In any event, earlier today Trump unloaded on Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Megyn Kelly and Alex Jones. Mostly he just insulted them as stupid, pawns of the fake news press, and so on. But after today, there will be no going back:
Trump’s inclusion of Megyn Kelly is interesting, as to my knowledge she has not gone as far overboard as the others. It is also notable that Trump kept his attack personal, and didn’t mention the elephant in the room: the fact that Carlson, Owens and more recently Kelly (I don’t know about Jones) have parted company with Trump largely over Israel and the Jews. That, I think, is the subtext of Trump’s rant.
Trump’s attack may smoke out JD Vance. Presumably a reporter will ask Vance whether he agrees with what Trump said about Vance’s perhaps-erstwhile friend Tucker Carlson. There is, of course, only one correct answer to that question, but Vance’s response will nevertheless be viewed with interest.
