肯塔基州希伯伦。-美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)周三前往他的长期政治目标肯塔基州共和党众议员托马斯·马西(Thomas Massie)的家乡，在那里他就经济和伊朗战争发表了讲话，但他也花了很多时间攻击马西“不忠诚”，同时支持他的共和党初选对手。
“我们必须摆脱这个失败者。这家伙很坏，”特朗普在肯塔基州希伯伦说。“他是不忠的给共和党。他是不忠的给肯塔基的人民。最重要的是，他是不忠的去美利坚合众国。"
马西是上周反对政党领袖和投票赞成伊朗战争权力决议旨在遏制特朗普采取单边军事行动的权力。
周三早些时候，在接受美国广播公司新闻的独家采访时，马西说，他的选民对战争及其对生活成本的影响表示担忧。
“最初几天，战争很受欢迎，但后来，当我们看到汽油和柴油价格上涨时，人们开始谈论，‘目标是什么?’“这要持续多久?”马西说，他补充说，战争持续的时间越长，“共和党人的公众情绪会转而反对它”。"
上周，特朗普表示，与伊朗的战争可能会需要四到五个星期。几天后，他警告伊朗称，美国拥有“几乎无限的”军需品供应，可以“永远”打一场战争。
Massie告诉ABC新闻，战争的后果以及战争对全球化肥贸易的影响将打击他所在地区的农民，并最终影响杂货店的消费者。
“我们在肯塔基州看到的是，农民正准备种植作物，他们必须购买肥料。他们已经推迟了，希望价格会下降，现在化肥的价格正在飙升。我们将会看到运送食物的价格上涨。所以这里会有三重打击，”他说，并补充说食品杂货价格将“很快”上涨
最近的一次益普索民意调查发现43%的美国人不赞成美国打击伊朗，29%赞成，26%不确定。
共和党人对战争的支持高于普通公众或任何其他群体:66%的共和党人赞成美国的打击，11%的人不赞成，31%的人不确定。
一些着名的保守派和媒体人士，包括在2024年大选前支持特朗普的播客乔·罗根，批评了美国的行动。
特朗普和马西的摩擦导致总统支持加利温
特朗普对肯塔基州的访问是在马西和特朗普支持的前海军海豹突击队·埃德·加利温之间持续激烈的争斗中进行的，这是共和党初选的两个月前，这是该党今年为数不多的几场重要的MAGA代理战之一。
这场比赛也是2026年周期最昂贵的众议院共和党初选之一。
加利温在台上短暂地加入了特朗普，告诉人群，“你们应该得到一个真实的、真正的共和党保守派，与我们的总统和共和党并肩站在一起，反对民主党谁试图摧毁我们的国家。"
马西长期以来一直是特朗普愤怒的对象，但随着马西坚定不移地推动公布被定罪的性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的档案，以及他反对总统支持的重大立法，包括他的首席检察官，这一循环加剧了一揽子国内政策.
特朗普称马西是国会中“最糟糕的”共和党人，在他领导发布爱泼斯坦文件后，他是一个“白痴”。特朗普在总统10月份表示马西“应该被初选”，并表示他将“领导对他的指控”后，支持了盖莱。
马西对特朗普的攻击一笑置之，并认为凭借爱泼斯坦的文件和对伊朗战争的推动，他正在信守特朗普在2024年竞选时的一些承诺。
“他在竞选中公开了(爱泼斯坦的文件)，”马西说。
总统对马西的言论并不新鲜——2020年，特朗普呼叫在国会议员反对冠状病毒救济法案后，共和党“将马西赶出共和党”。尽管如此，马西还是以62分的优势赢得了初选。2022年特朗普支持马西连任，称他为“保守派战士”。那年马西以将近60分的优势获胜。
但随着马西再次与特朗普不和，肯塔基州的初选将于5月19日举行-预计仍有争议。
In Massie's Kentucky district, Trump attacks GOP congressman as 'disloyal'
HEBRON, Ky. --President Donald Trump on Wednesday traveled to the home district of his longtime political target, Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, where he spoke on the economy and the Iran war but also spent much of his speech attacking Massie as "disloyal" while endorsing his GOP primary opponent.
"We got to get rid of this loser. This guy is bad," Trump said in Hebron, Kentucky. "He'sdisloyalto the Republican Party. He'sdisloyalto the people of Kentucky. And most importantly, he isdisloyalto the United States of America."
Massie was one of two House Republicans who last week bucked party leaders andvoted in favor of an Iran war powers resolutionaimed at reining in Trump's power to take unilateral military action.
Earlier Wednesday, in an exclusive interview with ABC News, Massie said his constituents have raised concerns about the war and its impact on their cost of living.
"The first few days they the war was popular, but then, as we saw gasoline and diesel prices go up, people started to talk about, you know, 'what are the goals?' 'How long is this going to go on?'" Massie said, who added that, the longer the war goes, "the public sentiment among Republicans will turn against it."
Last week, Trump said the war with Iran couldtake four to five weeks. Days later, hewarnedIran that the U.S. had "virtually unlimited supply" of munitions and that it could fight a war "forever."
Massie told ABC News that the fallout -- and the war's impact on the global fertilizer trade -- will hit farmers in his district and ultimately consumers at the grocery store.
"What we're seeing in Kentucky is farmers are getting ready to plant crops, and they've got to purchase their fertilize. They have held off on that, hoping the price would go down, and now the price is skyrocketing on fertilizer. We're going to see the price of delivering food go up. So there's going to be a triple whammy here," he said, adding that prices for groceries will increase "very soon."
A recentpoll from Ipsosfound that 43% of Americans disapprove of the U.S. strikes on Iran, 29% approve, and 26% are unsure.
Support for the war is higher among Republicans than the general public or any other group: 66% of Republicans approve of the U.S. strikes, 11% disapprove, and 31% are unsure.
Some prominent conservatives and media personalities, including podcaster Joe Rogan, who endorsed Trump ahead of the 2024 election, have criticized the U.S. operation.
Trump-Massie friction leads president to back Gallrein
Trump's visit to Kentucky came amid an ongoing, bitter feud between Massie and Trump-endorsed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein -- and just two months ahead of the GOP primary -- one of the party’s few significant MAGA proxy battles this year.
The race is also one of the most expensive House GOP primaries of the 2026 cycle.
Gallrein briefly joined Trump on stage, telling the crowd, "you deserve an authentic, true Republican conservative that stands shoulder to shoulder with our president and the Republican Party and against the Democratswhoare trying to destroy our nation."
Massie has long been the subject of Trump’s ire, but it has ramped up this cycle with Massie's unwavering push for the release of the files about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as well as his opposition to significant legislation championed by the president, including his chiefdomestic policy package.
Trump has called Massie the "worst" Republican in Congress, and a "moron" after he led the push to release the Epstein files. Trump has endorsed Gallrein after the president, in October, said Massie "SHOULD BE PRIMARIED" and that he would "lead the charge against him."
Massie laughed off Trump's attacks and argued that with the Epstein files and pushing back on the Iran war, he is staying true to some of the campaign promises Trump ran on in 2024.
"He campaigned on releasing [the Epstein files]," Massie said.
The president’s rhetoric toward Massie is not new -- in 2020, Trumpcalledon the GOP to "throw Massie out of Republican party" following the congressman’s opposition to a coronavirus relief bill.Still, Massie won his primary by 62 points.In 2022, Trump endorsed Massie for reelection, calling him a "conservative warrior." Massie won by nearly 60 points that year.
But with Massie on the outs with Trump once again, Kentucky’s primary election -- which will take place on May 19-- is expected to remain contentious.
