Thomas Massie

Trump Goes to War

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Eric Boehm | 3.12.2026 9:30 AM

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Priorities. Amid a war of choice in the Middle East that has killed seven Americans and hundreds of Iranian civilians (including dozens of schoolchildren), induced chaos in the global oil market, and cost taxpayers more than $11 billion already, President Donald Trump on Wednesday night turned his attention to the most critical threat facing America: Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.).

Trump flew all the way to Kentucky to stump for Ed Gallrein, the presidentially approved primary challenger seeking to unseat Massie in the May 19 election.

"We gotta get rid of this loser," Trump told the crowd. "He's disloyal to the Republican Party. He's disloyal to the people of Kentucky, and most importantly, he's disloyal to the United States of America."

That's a lot of nonsense. In reality, Massie's great crime against MAGA-dom is his commitment to constitutional principles and his expectation that Trump should follow through on his own campaign promises.

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For example, Massie pushed for a congressional vote on the war with Iran (his effort was defeated), and has led the effort to release files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. You wouldn't think that would cause a rift between him and the man who ran for president by promising "no new wars" and vowing to get to the bottom of the Epstein mess.

The price of gas has gone up $0.47 and the price of diesel has gone up $0.83 in 10 days due to War with Iran.

and waging war costs American taxpayers about $1 billion per day,

which........

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