MAGA Movement Declared 'Deader Than Dead' by Former Trump Loyalist Over Iran Conflict
Conservative influencer Carrie Prejean Boller, a long-time supporter of President Donald Trump, has become the latest media personality to publicly break with the commander-in-chief over the escalating Iran conflict. In a stark declaration, she pronounced the Make America Great Again movement "deader than dead" as internal Republican divisions deepen.
Disillusionment on National Television
Speaking to Piers Morgan Uncensored on Monday, Prejean Boller did not hold back in expressing her dismay at recent developments. "I've been a loyal supporter of the president for almost 20 years," she told the host. "This goes back to when I was 21 years old and I was Miss California at the Miss USA pageant. And I've known him – I consider him a dear friend – and I will tell you right now, I do not recognize our president."
Referring to Israel, Prejean Boller continued with strong accusations: "I think that we are an occupied nation. I think that a foreign country has occupied our government. And we are seeing now that this president of the United States of America is being influenced by a foreign government."
Her conclusion was unequivocal: "And MAGA, let me tell you right now, MAGA is dead. It is deader than dead. And Americans are furious. We do not recognize President Donald J Trump anymore."
Background of the Iran Conflict
The joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran that began on February 28 saw Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Ayatollah Khamenei killed on the first day of hostilities, ending his 47-year authoritarian reign in one fell swoop. Iran quickly hit back with retaliatory strikes against its Gulf neighbors who host American military assets.
So far, 13 U.S. servicemembers have died in the conflict. Meanwhile, Tehran's moves to target tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of the world's total oil supply is shipped, have caused global fuel prices to soar dramatically, impacting economies worldwide.
Growing Republican Division
Members of Trump's own administration have since privately told journalists they are experiencing "buyer's remorse" over the war, although the White House has disputed this, telling The Independent that the president's inner circle remains firmly behind him.
Meanwhile, high-profile members of Trump's base have fallen out bitterly in public, with the anti-interventionist Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene at odds with hawkish Republican senators like Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz and outspoken far-right activists like Laura Loomer.
Megyn Kelly and Mark Levin exchanged savage personal insults on social media over the weekend – the latest indication of a growing MAGA civil war over the issue. Last week, Sameerah Munshi, an adviser to the White House Religious Liberty Commission, resigned from her position in protest at the airstrikes.
Prejean Boller's Previous Controversies
Prejean Boller was earlier removed from the same body after she was alleged to have "hijacked" a hearing on antisemitism by questioning the definition of the term and after fiercely defending right-wing personality Candace Owens after she was accused of it.
"I listen to her daily, and I haven't heard one thing out of her mouth that I would say is antisemitic," Prejean Boller said during the hearing, at which she had also asked whether "not being a Zionist" amounted to antisemitism and challenged another member of the panel to condemn Israel's actions in Gaza.
The former beauty queen turned influencer posted an open letter to the president on X (formerly Twitter) Thursday in response to her removal after declaring, "The only Catholic woman who opposes Zionism was removed as a prelude to the Iran war."
"I thought MAGA stood for defending Americans who speak their convictions without fear of punishment," she wrote in her letter to Trump. "I thought MAGA was putting America first, not Israel. Today I struggle to recognize the movement you started."
The public break from such a long-time supporter highlights the significant fractures appearing within Trump's political base as the Iran conflict continues to escalate and global tensions rise.
