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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17757796631421775085718699HEgqmPPa0AA2woE.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">US President Donald Trump on Thursday angrily lashed out at multiple well-known conservative commentators who have criticized his war against Iran, slamming his onetime allies as attention-seeking &quot;nut jobs.&quot; 📷༘ White House/X</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>WASHINGTON, United States — US President Donald Trump on Thursday angrily lashed out at multiple well-known conservative commentators who have criticized his war against Iran, slamming his onetime allies as attention-seeking &quot;nut jobs.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/4/10/iran-s-supreme-leader-says-does-not-seek-war-in-written-message-0740">Iran&#x27;s supreme leader says does not seek war in written message</a></div><p>&quot;[T]hey have one thing in common, Low IQs. They&#x27;re stupid people, they know it, their families know it, and everyone else knows it, too!&quot; Trump wrote in a nearly 500-word social media post.</p><p>In the president&#x27;s crosshairs were Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly—two former Fox News hosts turned independent podcasters—as well as Candace Owens and Alex Jones, also podcasters and prominent conspiracy theorists.</p><p>All four have vocally criticized Trump over the war, slamming him for abandoning his anti-war campaign promises and—to varying degrees—accusing him of bowing to pressure from Israel to launch the conflict.</p><p>Their criticism has highlighted a divide among American conservatives over the war, a potential major political risk for Trump&#x27;s Republican Party heading into the November midterm elections.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/4/9/trump-blasts-nato-after-closed-door-rutte-meeting-0934">Trump blasts NATO after closed-door Rutte meeting</a></div><p>&quot;They don&#x27;t have what it takes, and they never did! They&#x27;ve all been thrown off Television, lost their Shows, and aren&#x27;t even invited on TV because nobody cares about them, they&#x27;re NUT JOBS, TROUBLEMAKERS, and will say anything necessary for some &#x27;free&#x27; and cheap publicity,&quot; he complained.</p><p>While all four have been backers of the president&#x27;s &quot;Make America Great Again&quot; movement, several have previous feuds with the president.</p><p>During Trump&#x27;s first presidential campaign, Kelly—then a Fox News host—asked the billionaire businessman and reality TV star about disparaging remarks he had made against women.</p><p>Trump retorted with a joke about comedian Rosie O&#x27;Donnell, his longtime nemesis, and later prompted controversy by seeming to suggest that Kelly had asked the tough question because she was menstruating.</p><p>&quot;You can see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever,&quot; Trump said at the time.</p><p>Trump referred to the saga on Thursday, saying Kelly &quot;nastily asked me the now famous&quot; question.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/4/7/trump-warns-whole-civilization-will-die-in-iran-if-ultimatum-expires-2118">Trump warns &#x27;whole civilization will die&#x27; in Iran if ultimatum expires</a></div><p>He also personally attacked the other three, slamming Carlson for not obtaining a college degree, saying he hoped French First Lady Brigitte Macron wins her defamation suit against Owens, and that Jones deserved to go bankrupt after calling a mass school shooting a hoax.</p><p>Owens has accused France&#x27;s first lady of being a man.</p><p>&quot;Actually, to me, the First Lady of France is a far more beautiful woman than Candace, in fact, it&#x27;s not even close!&quot; Trump wrote Thursday.</p><p>&quot;These so-called &#x27;pundits&#x27; are LOSERS, and they always will be!&quot; he added.</p><div><strong><br/></strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><br/><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cN3e6LYqq9s?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_lMp0uppl5k?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5gGgobivq8M?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>US President Donald Trump on Thursday angrily lashed out at multiple well-known conservative commentators who have criticized his war against Iran, slamming his onetime allies as attention-seeking "NUT JOBS."</p>

US President Donald Trump on Thursday angrily lashed out at multiple well-known conservative commentators who have criticized his war against Iran, slamming his onetime allies as attention-seeking "NUT JOBS."

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'Losers!': Trump slams right-wing commentators who oppose Iran war

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Published April 10, 2026 08:12 AM PHT

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