WASHINGTON – Donald Trump has turned on another former loyalist, this time former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany.
“RINOS and globalists can have her. FoxNews should only use REAL stars!!!” Trump said Tuesday afternoon about his Truth Social website, drawing criticism from conservatives who have typically been sympathetic to the uber-aggressive former president.
“He is completely unhinged,” tweeted Marc Thiessena senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington Post columnist and a Fox News commentator who has also drawn Trump’s ire.
Saying McEnany served the Trump administration loyally, Thiessen tweeted that he is “losing control, attacking anyone and everyone who doesn’t tow his line. Sad.”
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Trump also referred to his former spokeswoman as “Kayleigh ‘Milktoast’ McEnany,” even though the term is spelled “milquetoast.”
McEnany, now a Fox News anchor and commentator, has not directly commented on Trump’s attack. During her time in the White House, she was an outspoken supporter of Trump, even during his protest of the 2020 election.
In his post denying his former press secretary, Trump claimed McEnany misreported the size of a poll margin showing him ahead in the 2024 Republican presidential race.
Some Trump supporters posted clips of McEnany criticizing Trump at times in his role as a Fox News commentator.
Trump has a history of viciously turning on allies who no longer serve him, from attorney Michael Cohen to 2024 Republican presidential challenger Ron DeSantis.
In a tweet, Cohen, who has testified against Trump in several investigations, said that “this post by Donald shows that he is petty, deranged and totally unfit for political office.”
