
The fault line inside the MAGA movement has grown wider. This comes as President Trump and Elon Musk amplify jokes and commentary suggesting Secretary of State Marco Rubio could “run” foreign countries. Around the same time, former Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene fired off social-media posts rejecting foreign intervention altogether.
Over the past several days, Trump and Musk have responded approvingly to viral social-media posts joking that Rubio could be president of Cuba, Venezuela, or even — anachronistically — the Shah of Iran amid widespread unrest in that country. One Truth Social exchange featured Trump replying “Sounds good to me!” to a post suggesting Rubio lead Cuba, a comment that quickly circulated across conservative media and X.