President Donald Trump has received ample pushback over his decision to launch war with Iran from those outside the GOP, but as a growing number of Republicans question its progress, infighting has broken out between increasingly concerned conservatives and diehard MAGA loyalists. According to the New Republic, glaring evidence of this GOP infighting came over the weekend in the form of social media sparring between Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and White House advisor Alex Bruesewitz.
“I am deeply concerned about what we are hearing about an Iran ‘deal,’” tweeted Cruz. “If the result of all that is to be an Iranian regime — still run by Islamists who chant ‘death to America’ — now receiving billions of dollars, being able to enrich uranium & develop nuclear weapons, and having effective control over the Strait of Hormuz, then that outcome would be a disastrous mistake.”
Bruesewitz — a dedicated MAGA influencer who helps with the administration’s social media meme needs — jumped in, responding, “Cool, Ted. No one asked you, bro. Stop trying to undermine the President and his administration.”
“Hush, child,” Cruz clapped back. “The adults are talking. I’m not your ‘bro.’ And young political grifters pushing Iran appeasement are not remotely helping the President.”
The response from Bruesewitz strayed from the proverbial high road: “Sorry you’re still salty that I prevented you from getting a picture with Nicki Minaj after you came running after her like a school girl. You’re going to get wiped out in 2028, clown.”
That same day, Trump’s former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo received similar treatment after posting that “the deal being floated with Iran seems straight out of the Wendy Sherman – Robert Malley – Ben Rhodes playbook: Pay the [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] to build a [weapons of mass destruction] program and terrorize the world. Not remotely America First.”
“Mike Pompeo has no idea what the f–– he’s talking about,” said White House Communications Director Steven Cheung. “He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He’s not read into anything that’s happening, so how would he know.”
Pompeo and Cruz are far from the only Republicans raising concerns about the war and Trump’s negotiations, with GOP leaders calling it “disastrous” and suggesting that it could result in a “perception of weakness.” Even Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) — who has been frothing at the mouth for war with Iran for decades — ventured of the latest developments, “It makes one wonder why the war started to begin with.”
All of this, asserts the New Republic, is sign of a GOP breakup, and that the “MAGA coalition is sadder and more dysfunctional than ever.”
