'Biggest jerk of the week, month, year and decade': Tea partier tears into Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump uses a gavel after signing the sweeping spending and tax legislation, known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

President Donald Trump and his key supporters are “jerks,” according to a former Republican congressman who once supported Trump.

“Of course, the biggest jerk of the week, month, year, and decade is always Donald Trump, but there’s only so much space here to write about all the horrible things he does in a single day, much less a week,” former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) wrote for his Substack on Sunday. “F—— Trump.”

Before issuing that statement, Walsh took down several of the most important people in Trump’s orbit that are helping him implement his agenda. These include Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who Walsh denounced for associating with a former insurrectionist that was involved in the January 6th coup attempt; Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who bragged about Trump “blowing the hell” out of Iran; and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who refused to condemn fellow Republicans Reps. Andy Ogles of Tennessee and Randy Fine of Florida after they made hateful comments about Muslims.

“At this point, it wouldn’t be surprising to find out that most of Trump’s administration hasn’t actually read the Constitution,” Walsh opined. “Heck, some of them haven’t even read their own agency guidelines. Joseph Guy, the head of the Office of Immigration Detention Ombudsman (OIDO), who is supposed to protect the human rights of incarcerated immigrants, testified that he had not read the OIDO standards book—the one he is required by law to implement. That explains a lot.”

The Illinois ex-Republican added, “Meanwhile, a DOGE staffer tasked with eliminating more than 1,400 National Endowment for the Humanities grants because of ‘DEI’ couldn’t accurately define what DEI is in embarrassing testimony this week. Shameful.”

Although Walsh originally supported Trump, he has since become an outspoken critic of the president. Earlier in March he said that he feels like he has to “grab [his] mistake” and is “at war” all the way “from eight in the morning till eight or nine at night” because of his opposition to Trump. In February, as Trump’s plan to invade Iran became evident, Walsh accused people who still support Trump despite his flip-flopping on keeping America out of war of being in a “cult.”

“This is what America looks like when one of our two major political parties has become an authoritarian-embracing cult,” Walsh explained. “And I’ll throw in for good measure — hey, MAGA, MAGA — this is what America looks like when the people who voted for Donald Trump don’t get what Donald Trump said he would give them, but they still praise him to the high heavens.”

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