Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson are now being compared with Elon Musk as they all are marked as the 'black sheep' of the Republican Party, clashing with President Donald Trump. On the other hand, there are the first-benchers of MAGA, including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, treasury secretary Scott Bessent, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, health secretary RFK Jr. The second group understand their roles while the first does not and hence they have to be gently whipped by Trump time to time -- this is what the social media narrative is.
After Trump's recent fallout with Gabbard and Tucker Carlson, social media users even asked Elon Musk to include them in the new party that he was planning to launch.
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson broke with Trump on the Iran issue and called the president "complicit" in the escalation. Carlson warned that the president's legacy was on the line depending on "what happens next". “The real divide isn’t between people who support Israel and people who support Iran or the Palestinians,” Carlson wrote on social media last week. “The real divide is between those who casually encourage violence, and those who seek to prevent it.”
Trump decided to publicly call out Carlson as he said on the sidelines of the G7 summit: "I don’t know what Tucker Carlson is saying. Let him go get a television network and say it so that people listen." Then Trump went a step further and rubbished his once-favourite host as "kooky Carlson".
Tulsi Gabbard
DNI Tulsi Gabbard in March testified before the Congress that Tehran hadn't reinvigorated its nuclear weapons program. As Trump is dropping all the hints that he would like to join Israel's strikes on Iran, he said he does not care what Tulsi Gabbard said. "I think they were very close to having a weapon," Trump said.
Trump did not like Tulsi Gabbard's video that she posted on June 10 warning against warmonger leaders. It was not an authorized video and Trump was apparently angry, insiders said.
Gabbard controlled the damage and said there is no difference between her and the president. “President Trump was saying the same thing that I said in my annual threat assessment back in March; unfortunately too many people in the media don’t care to actually read what I said,” she said.
Elon Musk
Elon Musk was the first 'black sheep' to have revolted against the president in such an extent that he had to apologize and take back some of the damaging words he said. The clash started over the spending bill but ended with Elon Musk calling Trump a liar, an associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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