Trump’s alt-right fans bail after Syria strikes
Throughout the campaign and the early days of his presidency, President Trump garnered near lockstep support from a number of alt-right leaders and conservative media members. While there were moments of wavering — such as when Trump muddled his positions on immigration and Obamacare — they mostly remained on his side.
After Trump approved missile strikes in Syria on Thursday night, that opinion changed. In sharp contrast to a majority of Republican politicians and many media pundits, the group of alt-right figures criticized Trump after supporting him over Hillary Clinton, who they saw as the more interventionist candidate. (Clinton also supported the strikes.)
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Mike Cernovich, the alt-right conspiracy theorist and author praised by Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday, spent much of Thursday night live streaming and tweeting against the military action and those in favor of it:
You don't even own your own Facebook page. Have a seat at the kid's table. Be nice and maybe Trevor Noah will have you back on. twitter.com/tomilahren/sta…
Today over 500,000 people have watched my videos and streams. 90% are @realDonaldTrump supporters, none want war with Syria. #NoMoreWars
I have been streaming for over 10 hours straight. This is how passionate @realDonaldTrump supporters are for #NoMoreWars.
Conservative talk radio host and Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham, who was rumored as a potential candidate for White House press secretary during the transition, criticized the strike:
British political leader Nigel Farage, one of the strongest boosters of the Brexit movement and Trump ally, questioned how other Trump supporters would view the action:
Conservative pundit Ann Coulter — who wrote the book “In Trump We Trust” last year — continued her recent run of voicing her displeasure with the president:
Paul Joseph Watson, a popular right-wing YouTube personality and contributor to Alex Jones’ InfoWars conspiracy theory repository, joined the chorus:
Jones spent Thursday evening pushing the theory that the Syria attack was a hoax, false-flag attack or both:
Is the Syrian chemical weapon attack a false flag? #SyriaHoax#infowars
Learn more: infowars.com/just-say-no-tr…
Hillary Clinton emerged from the woods to pledge her support for military intervention in Syria -
infowars.com/hillary-u-s-sh… #SyriaHoax
White supremacist Richard Spencer, who coined the term “alt-right” and gained Internet infamy after a video of him being punched during Trump’s inauguration went viral, called Trump’s actions a “betrayal” and affirmed his support for Syrian President Bashar Assad:
And former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard and Louisiana politician David Duke joined the chorus, partially due to Israel’s support for the action:
I'm sure @HillaryClinton is cackling with her co-conspirators tonight. We are now fighting the war @realDonaldTrump was supposed to stop.
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