Donald Trump is facing growing internal and external backlash as his followers—once loyal to his MAGA movement—begin to distance themselves from him. This shift stems from his repeated dissemination of false information, such as an AI-generated image claiming a U.S. attack on Iran's Carg Island, which the Pentagon and Iranian officials have explicitly denied. The false narrative, which also includes baseless claims about Iran’s military and economy, has drawn criticism from military personnel who report being ordered to conduct civilian-targeted operations in violation of international law, including the killing of over 150 children in the Manab School bombing. Local opposition to data centers, such as in Palm Beach County where residents rejected a proposal to build a facility near Mar-a-Lago, further highlights a loss of public trust. Trump's rhetoric, including calls to eliminate data centers and claims of Iran’s collapse, has been labeled absurd and harmful by supporters, with military members expressing disillusionment and a desire to leave service. This erosion of credibility within his base signals a potential fracture in the MAGA movement, raising questions about whether the movement will remain united or break under pressure. Critics argue that Trump’s leadership has enabled lawbreaking, corruption, and disregard for international norms, and emphasize the need for future leaders to commit to accountability and justice, rather than impunity.
All right, we have some pretty big news. Donald Trump has posted something on his blog,
True Social, where his own followers now are starting to reject him. Now, we've seen this
kind of bubbling up. First off, there's a permission structure that has been granted
by folks like Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, Alex Jones, who we did a video a couple
of days ago about, who are revealing that Donald Trump is not the person that MAGA thought he was.
So, he's not really America first. He's Donald Trump first, perhaps Israel second. I mean,
this is something we all knew. We could have told them this on October 2024. I'm glad they're
catching up. But Donald Trump is seeing that his own followers, they can only be pushed up to a
point. Now, the thing that he posted about that they got upset about, to me, is very interesting.
But he went through a series of posts that are truly insane, one in which he posted an AI
generated image of the Iran war.
It's just blatantly false, but he tried to pass it as something that has actually happened. And
that's why we're seeing folks like this three-time Trump voter in Iowa say the following.
President Trump promised to bring down prices. You voted for him three times. Are you disappointed?
Very disappointed. Very disappointed.
Why?
Because the prices haven't gone down. I don't know. I don't know. I'm over it,
I think. Over the Trump thing. The Trump wagon, we will call it.
You can talk directly to the president.
About the war, about the prices, about the economy. What would you tell him?
Stop the bulls**t. Make America great, like you said. That's what I'd say.
Maybe we are going to flip so many states in the fall. It's crazy. Now, Donald Trump has made it
even worse because he tweeted this morning, the only reason that communities throughout the USA
should not want data centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor. If they want to
be successful and rich with far lower prices, they should not want data centers. They should not want
to be successful and rich with far lower prices. taxes and jobs all over the place. Let data ring. The good news is that there are plenty of other
places. They want them. If we kill the golden goose, you will only have yourselves to blame.
China could not be happier with this anti-data center movement. Actually, they can't believe
it is happening. President DJT. My question is, first off, please keep tweeting that.
That's insane. It's truly an 80-20 issue. 80% of the country do not like data centers. They don't
want them in their communities, and they want them to be heavily regulated.
If Donald Trump wants to keep saying that, please do. As we're seeing here, his own supporters
are not too happy about it. Someone said, you have lost your mind. You will know as the president
who single-handedly destroyed a nation. God help you. This is on his own platform. Someone else,
what about our water supply? Someone said, I regret ever supporting you. Someone else,
this statement is insane. I'm already on a water restriction. Someone else, horrendous messaging.
Very, very, very satisfying. Someone else said, put them on your golf course.
Listen, that is not a Kamala voter. Tracy Wilkins, that is, I'm like, well, we can't,
we can't stereotype, but we can assume that person did not vote for Kamala Harris in 2024. I bet you
they wish they did now. Have you ever noticed how you stop seeing my videos for a week, even though
you never unsubscribe? Well, that's YouTube. You can subscribe. You can turn on notifications. Watch
every single day. And the feed still decides whether my next video reaches you or vanishes
into the algorithmic basement with luggage and several missing socks. And that truly affects
what I make. If the algorithm rewards one kind of video, there's pressure to keep feeding it the
exact same thing. And I feel that pressure every day. So memberships. Yes, this is the part where
it gives us some insulation from that. When money comes directly from you, I can make the videos I
not just the stories YouTube thinks will perform. That means a researcher, a full-time editor,
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The point isn't charity. This is not charity. It's independence from the algorithm. And if that
sounds good to you, please hit join and become a member. And if not, keep watching. I'll still
love you. And that helps too. All right. And that is why even Palm Beach, where Mar-a-Lago is
located, has rejected data centers. Palm Beach County commissioners rejected a proposal late
Wednesday to build a digital infrastructure hub to house AI data centers and warehouses,
voting in line with the ardent opposition from local residents. A facility known as Project Tango
would have filled dozens of acres of land about 20 miles from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club.
It faced backlash from residents who feared it would cause power and water bills to spike,
an echo of tensions playing out across the country as tech giants
sprint to build data centers. Apparently, Donald Trump is very upset that this is happening.
Now, they try to send J.D. Vance out on defense, and I don't know if he made it better or worse,
but here is what he had to say. Building a data center means higher utility and higher
electricity for the people on the ground. So I think what these companies have to do is take
advantage of some of the federal deregulatory efforts that we've undertaken. If you build a
data center, you should be putting power back into the grid, not taking it out. And if that
is happening, I don't think the data center is going to be able to do that. I don't think the
data centers are that controversial. I don't think that's going to resonate
with MAGA, but you never know. Thomas Massey said this. He said the new directive from the leader,
MAGA is required to support all data centers. No questions asked. I'm actually really curious to
see if the lemmings fall in line or if this is something where they're totally going to break
for him. And we truly don't know yet. It's never happened before where folks on his side have been
so adamant against something. Well, except I guess the Epstein files. I suppose of the Epstein files,
they just kind of shut up about it, didn't they? They were,
they literally elected him to release them. And then Donald Trump just didn't. And they kind of
just moved on, didn't they? So I do wonder if this is really going to be a red line or if MAGA is going
to do what MAGA does and they're just going to fall in line. Regardless, Donald Trump didn't
stop there. He also posted this AI image. One has to wonder if the
president actually believes that this is real. Regardless, the Department of Defense actually
had to come out and reject this saying the following. The Defense Department was forced
on Monday to deny the US had struck Iran's main petroleum export facility after President Donald
Trump posted a fake but realistic AI generated video showing a purported attack by American forces.
The video posted by Trump appears to show oil storage tanks and refineries erupting in flames
from the perspective of someone filming from inside a helicopter above the carnage with an
accompanying message describing the scene as Carg Island being blown to spend the readings. But a US
official said the following No such attack had taken place with Carg Island not being among the
locations targeted overnight in what has been the first exchange of fire between American and Iranian
forces in weeks. Additionally, the head of National Iranian Oil Company, Hamid Bovard, said on Monday
that the president's post was
laughable and described conditions on Carg Island as calm and appropriate. Donald Trump is truly
losing his mind. He also posted the following saying they have no they mean Iran. They have
no Navy. They have no Air Force. They have no currency. They're not paying their soldiers or
police. Inflation is at 300 percent and their leadership is in total disarray and incapable
of properly representing the country. The only thing they have is fake news.
I mean, literally, the projection on that statement is so strong. It just smacked me in the face.
That's crazy. That's us. That's us. We are literally in disarray. The only thing he has is
fake news that he literally posted moments prior to writing that statement. Oh, my God. And we're
learning to that the military is sick of this shit and they're quitting on him. You got Pete Hexeth
in the Pentagon having to fact check the president Tyrant King. And we also have now members of the
military who are just saying we're not we didn't sign up for this. Here's that seems as though we're also seeing records
of the number of people who are trying to leave the military, as you mentioned, as conscientious
objectors. And really, they pointed to the specific military campaigns of the United States
has started over the past year. I spoke to one service member who was deployed in support of
Operation Epic Fury, which, of course, is the war in Iran. And this person told me that they
believe that they were ordered to target and blow up and bomb civilian infrastructure,
which, of course, is a violation of international humanitarian law, as defined by
the Geneva Accord. I also spoke with two different service members who were given orders to support
Operation Southern Spear, which, of course, is the military campaign that President Donald Trump
began last September, which led to those 60 boat strikes that you were talking to where those
vessels were allegedly carrying narco terrorists and drugs that were being funneled into the United
States. They also resulted in at least two hundred and ten people who were killed. And both of those
service members say they were concerned that there was a lack of intelligence or justification for
each of these boat strikes. One of them in particular said, you can tell yourself what
you want at night and say they were all precision strikes and they were all planned. But there's at
least one innocent person that I feel like I indirectly heard. So it was not just a violation
potentially of these international laws. A lot of them said that they cited these surge in civilian
death tolls. Many of them talked about that Manab School bombing that happened in Iran at the
beginning of this war, where one hundred and fifty people were killed. And they said that
schoolgirls and teachers.
die. Which, by the way, we don't talk enough about that. The United States is responsible for
500 children dying when that truly did not have to happen. And Donald Trump still will not admit
that our country did that. And I think that is just so like the one thing you could do. I mean,
you can't ever bring those people back. Shouldn't have been there in the first place. You could
at least say sorry, but Donald Trump can't do that because then him and Pete Hexeth and everyone else
would be getting themselves into even more trouble. I mean, we'll see what happens. We'll
see what happens because aren't there laws against that sort of thing? Aren't there international
laws? Pete Hexeth has protection right now. I don't think Donald Trump, sadly, is ever going
to see a consequence in his entire life. You're seeing that MAGA is disappearing from him. Perhaps
that's one, but certainly he's never going to be locked up. And I don't think he's ever going to
have to pay back the billions of dollars that he's grifted. But the people under him, they're going
to be under intense scrutiny.
And I truly think we should not elect one president unless they say that they're going
after every single crook and criminal who's broken laws or has taken part in corruption
during this moment. So they can enjoy, they can enjoy breaking laws and doing bad things right
now, but we should let them know that we're going to come and get them. Like I know he ran on lock
them up in 2016. We literally need a run on that in 2028. All right. Well, if you like this video,
please hit like.
Subscribe and I will see you soon. Bye.
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
Donald Trump's supporters, including longtime MAGA allies, are increasingly rejecting him over his false claims about the Iran war and opposition to data centers.
Trump posted an AI-generated image of an alleged U.S. attack on Iran, which the Department of Defense and Iranian officials have denied, exposing a pattern of spreading misinformation.
Growing backlash from military personnel, residents, and even Trump’s own base suggests a deepening rift within the MAGA movement, with concerns over ethics, military misconduct, and misinformation damaging his credibility.
Summary:
Donald Trump is facing growing internal and external backlash as his followers—once loyal to his MAGA movement—begin to distance themselves from him. S. attack on Iran's Carg Island, which the Pentagon and Iranian officials have explicitly denied.
The false narrative, which also includes baseless claims about Iran’s military and economy, has drawn criticism from military personnel who report being ordered to conduct civilian-targeted operations in violation of international law, including the killing of over 150 children in the Manab School bombing. Local opposition to data centers, such as in Palm Beach County where residents rejected a proposal to build a facility near Mar-a-Lago, further highlights a loss of public trust. Trump's rhetoric, including calls to eliminate data centers and claims of Iran’s collapse, has been labeled absurd and harmful by supporters, with military members expressing disillusionment and a desire to leave service.
This erosion of credibility within his base signals a potential fracture in the MAGA movement, raising questions about whether the movement will remain united or break under pressure. Critics argue that Trump’s leadership has enabled lawbreaking, corruption, and disregard for international norms, and emphasize the need for future leaders to commit to accountability and justice, rather than impunity.
FAQs
Supporters are upset because Trump's claims that data centers would make communities poor and backwards contradict local concerns about rising utility bills and environmental impact. This has led to backlash, including from residents in Palm Beach County who rejected a data center proposal.
The Department of Defense officially rejected the video as false, stating no such attack occurred on Carg Island. Officials emphasized that the video was AI-generated and not based on any real events or intelligence.
Military officials have criticized Trump's claims about Iran, calling them false and misleading. Some have expressed concern about the lack of intelligence and justification behind military operations, and several have reported feeling conflicted or morally compromised by their missions.
Yes, service members deployed in operations like Operation Epic Fury and Operation Southern Spear reported concerns about targeting civilian infrastructure and killing civilians, which they believe violates international humanitarian law, such as the Geneva Accords.
Trump claims Iran has no navy, air force, currency, or functioning government, saying inflation is at 300% and its leadership is in disarray. He also claims Iran relies solely on fake news, which has drawn sharp criticism and disbelief from officials and experts.
Yes, several of Trump's own supporters have publicly expressed disappointment with his policies, including his stance on data centers and military actions, with some saying they regret supporting him or calling his messaging 'insane' or 'bullshit'.
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