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President Donald Trump slammed Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., on social media, calling him a “LOSER” after the legislator posted a string of social media posts criticizing the president for bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities on Saturday night.
Massie said on X that Trump’s actions were “not constitutional.”
“When two countries are bombing each other daily in a hot war, and a third country joins the bombing, that’s an act of war,” Massie said in another post. “I’m amazed at the mental gymnastics being undertaken by neocons in D.C. (and their social media bots) to say we aren’t at war … so they can make war.”
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In another post, Massie responded to Speaker Mike Johnson’s post in which he defended Trump’s actions and said leaders in Congress were aware of the urgency of the situation — though “imminent danger outweighed the time it would take for Congress to act.”
“Why didn’t you call us back from vacation to vote on military action if there was a serious threat to our country?” Massie said in response to Johnson’s post.
Massie’s words caught Trump’s attention. On Sunday, the president aimed some words back toward the representative.
“Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky is not MAGA, even though he likes to say he is. Actually, MAGA doesn’t want him, doesn’t know him, and doesn’t respect him,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
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“He is a negative force who almost always votes ‘NO,’ no matter how good something may be. He’s a simple-minded ‘grandstander’ who thinks it’s good politics for Iran to have the highest level Nuclear weapon, while at the same time yelling ‘DEATH TO AMERICA’ at every chance they get.”
President Donald Trump turned to social media on Sunday to address several comments made by Republican Thomas…
