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Chapter 1: Why is Trump attacking conservative media figures?
I am not sure which timeline of the multiverse we're in, but Donald Trump, whichever one we're in right now, Donald Trump has gone completely bonkers. I'm Josh Gay from the Ring of Fire, filling in for David Pakman, and you can catch me at youtube.com slash the Ring of Fire.
And look, if you would have told me two years ago that Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, Alex Jones would be some of the loudest voices calling for the 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump from office, I would have asked if you'd been drinking what Hegseth was drinking. Then I would probably ask for some more there, but here we are.
And Trump posts a 482-word rant on Truth Social, calling all four of these ardent supporters of his stupid and with low IQs running third-rate podcasts. He called Tucker Carlson a broken man who needs a good psychiatrist. He went to one of his old go-to's insulting Candace Owens on her looks, which is what he does for any woman who dares disagree with him.
He reminded everyone that Alex Jones is absolutely broke because he was lying about Sandy Hook.
Chapter 2: What new revelations did Melania Trump make about Jeffrey Epstein?
And for Megyn Kelly, he brought up the debate question from 2016 like it was yesterday. I mean, he's off his meds. And you have to see this post. It's insane.
He starts off saying, I know why Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have all been fighting me for years, especially by the fact that they think it's wonderful for Iran, the number one state sponsor of terror, to have a nuclear weapon.
Chapter 3: How are traders betting on the Iran ceasefire announcement?
And you got to stop for a second and realize that's the capability that we destroyed over a year ago. Iran had no capability of having a nuclear weapon. Trump goes on to say, Tucker, Megan, Candace, and Alex are stupid people. They know it, their families know it, and everyone else knows it too.
And they might be, but this is Donald Trump calling them out, calling them nut jobs and troublemakers that will say anything necessary for some free and cheap publicity. Again, he talked about Candace Owens saying that she was uglier than the First Lady of France.
He said that Alex Jones said some of the dumbest things and lost his entire fortune, as he should have, for his horrendous attack on the families of Sandy Hook's shooting victims. He called them losers and said that they always will be.
And, of course, he had no problem going after the mainstream media either, saying now the fake news CNN, the failing New York Times, and all of the other radical left news organizations are hailing them and giving them positive press for the first time in their lives.
Chapter 4: Is the United States losing the war with Iran?
It's insane. It is insane that he is attacking the very people who helped get him elected. He says, as president, he could get them on his side anytime he wanted to. But when they call, I don't return their calls because I'm too busy on world and country affairs. Really? Running that successful Iranian war? What about the Epstein files?
Chapter 5: What investigations are being called for regarding the Iran war?
And then he says, after a few times of him ignoring them, they go nasty like Marjorie Trader Brown. But this is the best part. He goes on this long rant covering all of this. I mean, he's obviously upset about it. And then he says, I no longer care about this stuff.
Chapter 6: What concerns have been raised about U.S. defense leadership decisions?
I only care about doing right for our country. MAGA is about winning in strength and not allowing Iran to have nuclear weapons. MAGA is about making America great again. Iran, America, whatever. And these people have no idea to do that. But I do because the United States is now the hottest country anywhere in the world. Signing it like a little kid, President Donald J. Trump.
And again, you got to remember, these are the people, the very people that built the MAGA media machine. I mean, Tucker Carlson had Trump on his show more than anyone can ever count. Alex Jones had been screaming about stolen elections and colonies on Mars before it was trendy. You had Candace Owens. She's got a massive, massive audience. They might be a little weird, but she has a huge audience.
Megyn Kelly, they had that little feud in 2016, but she has spent the years since then absolutely going to bat for the president, no matter what he did. And what did they do to earn his wrath? All they did was tell the truth about this illegal war. Tucker Carlson calling Trump's Easter threats against Iran vile on every level, and he correctly said that you might see this as a war crime.
Megyn Kelly, she was on Piers Morgan saying that the war was folly from the start and said that the ceasefire sounded like surrender because it was. We lost that war. She said the coalition that got Trump elected is completely fractured and in smithereens. Gee, I wonder why. I mean, her exact quote was, the question is not who has Trump lost.
Chapter 7: What are the implications of the NAACP's call for Trump's removal?
The question is who remains. And if you look at the polls, they are still cratering. I still can't believe that he's in the 30s still. That means 30% of Americans actually approve of what this insane man is doing. But those numbers are continuing to shrink. And these people aren't backing down. This isn't just a temporary blip.
Candace Owens, she posted a screenshot of his rant on X and said, it may be time to put grandpa up in a home. Alex Jones, the craziest one of the bunch, I might add, said on his show that Trump is mad that he's wrong.
Chapter 8: How did Dr. Oz's claims about Medicaid fraud backfire?
Once a man, twice a child. This is dementia. Alex Jones, this is a guy who would have taken a bullet for Trump two years ago. And he's openly questioning whether or not the president has dementia. And you guys, David's audience, David's probably the best voice out there covering the decline of Trump's health.
And when you have David Pakman being the pioneer in that area, and now you go to Alex Jones essentially agreeing, I have no idea what is going on in this world. But I do know, I mean, Trump is toast now. Because these are not people that can be replaced. Fox News, despite trying, they're not coming to save him the same way they used to.
The right-wing podcast ecosystem, that's the conservative media that got him elected. And he declared open war on the four biggest names there. I mean, who's watching Tucker Carlson's podcast? It's the same people who voted for Trump. And you know who's not watching people like Sean Hannity anymore? It's those same people. They've just migrated audiences.
And the most laughable part to me about all of this is Trump ending his post saying he doesn't return their calls because he's too busy on world and country affairs. This is a man posting on Truth Social at 3 a.m. about Rosie O'Donnell questions from 2016. That man's not busy. He's not running the country.
He's scared, he's confused, he's unwell, and it's obvious that he's not the one running the country. He's just a guy who has no more power, his health is in an obvious decline, and all he knows how to do when he's afraid is attack. He's never been a leader. He's never been the guy to rally people together, never been the one to compromise. All he knows how to do is escalate.
And this time, I don't think there's anywhere for him to go with it. It's not going to end well for him. This was absolutely bizarre. Melania Trump walking out in the grand foyer of the White House, and she did something no one expected. She gave a speech, unprompted, unannounced, about Jeffrey Epstein. And if she had some goal in mind, it's obvious that the opposite effect was the outcome.
I mean, think about it. You have this stupid, illegal war with Iran. It was dominating all the news cycles. The Epstein conversation, it started to fade. And look, there are still a lot of people talking about it. But the general public was more concerned about their gas prices and their grocery prices and will we break out into World War III than the Epstein files.
The DOJ, they were doing a good job in Trump's favor of successfully slow walking out the documents. Bondi, she was a great lightning rod for Trump. She was taking all the heat. And so from the Trump administration's perspective, the Epstein story was dying down.
So naturally, the first lady of the United States decided that this was the perfect moment to give a national address about the Epstein files. A six-minute speech where she denies ever having a relationship with Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell. I mean, she did acknowledge writing a friendly email to Maxwell and called it a casual correspondence and a trivial note.
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