Candace Owens escalated her feud with President Donald Trump, suggesting he should be put up in a home after he finally responded to her months of public attacks.
Owens posted on X, It may be time to put Grandpa up in a home, attaching a screenshot of a Trump Truth Social message with her name highlighted. Her jab came roughly an hour after Trump broke his relative silence toward her and three other prominent conservative commentators in a lengthy social media broadside.
According to Western Journal, Trump had largely avoided direct confrontation with Owens and the others until this week, despite their growing criticism of his foreign policy and political decisions. That restraint ended when he issued pointed rebukes of Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Owens, and Alex Jones, signaling a clear effort to marginalize voices on the right who have challenged him from a more populist or non-interventionist angle.
Trumps post responded to separate comments each figure had made about his handling of Iran, including recent U.S. strikes and concerns that Tehran could move closer to acquiring nuclear weapons. I know why Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have all been fighting me for years, Trump wrote, framing their opposition as rooted not in principle but in a misguided stance on one of Americas most dangerous adversaries.
He accused the four of effectively siding with the Islamic Republics ambitions, asserting that they believe it is wonderful for Iran, the Number One State Sponsor of Terror, to have a Nuclear Weapon. In doing so, Trump drew a sharp line between his own hawkish posture toward Iran and the more skeptical, anti-war rhetoric that some on the right have adopted, particularly in the wake of costly foreign entanglements over the past two decades.
Trump then moved to discredit their influence on the broader right, dismissing the groups collective credibility and branding them stupid people who have been rejected by mainstream conservative platforms. Theyve all been thrown off Television, lost their Shows, and arent even invited on TV because nobody cares about them, he wrote, portraying them as fringe figures chasing relevance rather than serious voices within the movement.
He added that they are NUT JOBS, TROUBLEMAKERS, who now seek attention through Third Rate Podcasts. That language underscored Trumps strategy of delegitimizing critics on the right by casting them as unstable provocateurs rather than principled dissenters, a tactic that has often resonated with his base.
Trump also singled out Owens personally, calling her crazy and highlighting her controversial claim that French first lady Brigitte Macron is secretly a transgender man. Actually, to me, the First Lady of France is a far more beautiful woman than Candace, Trump wrote, turning the dispute into a personal and aesthetic insult that underscored how far the relationship between the two former allies has deteriorated.
Owens attacks on Trump have extended well beyond Middle East policy and into conspiratorial territory that many conservatives view as damaging to the movements credibility. She has claimed that Charlie Kirk was assassinated last year by a network of shadowy figures rather than by Tyler Robinson, the man identified by investigators as responsible.
Her assertions are flatly rejected by Utah officials, who say they possess extensive evidence pointing to Robinson a man with far-left views who was reportedly dating a transgender furry. Owens has floated the idea that Israeli and Egyptian agents planned or carried out the killing and has further implied that Trump and Kirks widow, Erika Kirk, are either complicit or under the control of Israeli officials, a charge that echoes long-standing anti-Israel tropes.
In his Thursday post, Trump cast Jones, Kelly, and Owens as outliers within the conservative movement, insisting that their views do not reflect the broader MAGA base. MAGA agrees with me, he wrote, pointing to the results of the 2024 election as evidence that his brand of conservatism remains dominant despite the noise from online personalities.
Trump had already taken aim at Carlson earlier in the week, telling the New York Post that the former Fox News host is a low IQ person that has absolutely no idea whats going on. I like dealing with smart people, not fools, Trump added, after Carlson had publicly defended Islam in response to Trumps criticism of the religion, highlighting a widening rift between the president and some of the populist commentators who once championed his rise.
For many on the right, the clash underscores a deeper struggle over the future of conservatism: whether it will be anchored in a strong national defense and support for key allies such as Israel, or drift toward an isolationist, conspiracy-laden posture that alienates mainstream voters. Trumps decision to confront Owens, Carlson, Kelly, and Jones head-on suggests he intends to draw that boundary himself, reinforcing a more traditional, security-focused conservative stance even as some former allies veer further into fringe territory.
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