Theo Von, one of Barron Trump’s favorite podcasters, has blasted Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran as “diabolical” as the president’s campaign in the Middle East continues to alienate his MAGA base.
“What American is this helping?” Von questioned, during Monday’s episode of This Past Weekend with Theo Von, referring to the ongoing war with Iran, which reportedly cost over $11 billion within the first week. “What regular person is this helping? I just don’t know. I don’t understand.”
“It’s f****** baffling. And it’s sick, and it feels like he’s just been compromised by Israel, by this dark government over there. And I don’t know. It’s f****** dark. It’s dark.”
Von was among the right-wing “Manosphere” influencers who helped Trump to return to the White House for a second time, alongside the likes of Adin Ross, Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson, who platformed the president and earned him the overwhelming support of young male voters.
However, since the start of the war, the president’s support from that group has dwindled as his attacks have become more heated. On Easter Sunday, Trump posted an unhinged message directed at Iranian officials.
“Open the F*****’ Strait [of Hormuz], you crazy b*******, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH!” the president wrote. “Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP”
During Monday’s episode, Von described the timing of the post as “unbelievable.”
“You know, when people are hoping for something new. Literally on the day when people are hoping and are believing with their hearts as much as they can and are celebrating something new, a rebirth, a resurrection, a possibility. To write that is, it’s diabolical. It’s insane,” he said.
Von’s comments mark the latest of the MAGA influencers to shift away from Trump and his policies, following Carlson and Rogan.
In an episode of his own self-titled show Monday, former Fox News host Carlson expressed remorse for helping get the president elected a second time and said he would be “tormented by it for a long time,” describing Operation Epic Fury as “absolutely disgusting and evil.”
“We’re implicated in this for sure,” the former Fox News told his brother Buckley Carlson, appearing to show genuine contrition. “In real ways, you and me and millions of people like us are the reason this is happening right now.
“So I do think it’s like a moment to wrestle with our own consciences. You know, we’ll be tormented by it for a long time. I will be. And I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people. It was not intentional. That’s all I’ll say.”
Rogan has also become much more critical of the president in recent months, even going so far as to suggest that the war with Iran may have been started to distract Americans from the Epstein files scandal.
“Look, the Epstein files come out — we go to war with Iran. It’s a good way to get people to stop talking about certain things,” Rogan said, during an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience earlier this month.
“You give them a new problem to think about.”
Rogan has also suggested that Trump’s “Operation Epic Fury” campaign could drag the globe into World War III and warned that the president’s advanced age may lead to further reckless behavior because he “doesn’t have much to lose.” However, Rogan appeared with Trump at a weekend executive order signing.
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