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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

‘Extremely ugly’: Maga media figures squabble among themselves over Trump’s Iran war

A composite image shows a woman speaking on the left and a man speaking on the right
Megyn Kelly and Mark Levin have been locked in a war of words over the Iran war. Composite: AFP, Bloomberg, Getty Images

When the histories of the Iran war and Donald Trump’s “Make America great again” (Maga) movement are written, there may be a special place for the words of former US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene: “I wholeheartedly support Megyn Kelly telling the world that Mark Levin has a micropenis.”

Greene’s social media post summed up how the media stars of the Trump coalition have turned on each other in a ferocious, bitter and – sometimes – vulgar brawl. Figures such as Kelly, Levin, Tucker Carlson, Laura Loomer, Candace Owens and Ben Shapiro have clashed over the meaning of “America first”, the role of Israel and whether Trump is breaking his promise to end forever wars.

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