Don Bacon, a Republican congressman who is not running for reelection in 2026, told CNN that he expected “to hear something like that from a drunk in a bar, not from the President of the United States.”
Still, few conservative leaders dared to directly oppose the White House resident.
“I imagine that my elected Republican colleagues, the vice president and the White House team will simply ignore [a mensagem] Why are they afraid? I challenge anyone to defend” these statements, highlighted Thomas Massie in his publication in X.
Some users praised Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social, while others expressed their disappointment.
For some conservative commentators, the President missed the opportunity to remain silent.
Describing the message as “so disappointing” and “so unnecessary”, former sports journalist Sage Steele, now a conservative podcaster, said that “It’s comments like these that undermine the countless good things Donald Trump is doing for America”.