Right-wing influencer Benny Johnson weighed in Thursday on the recent break between some conservatives and President Donald Trump over U.S. foreign involvement.
A number of MAGA loyalists, including Tomi Lahren, Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, have criticized the president over the administration involving the U.S in other countries’ affairs while Americans are dealing with issues at home.
Among those who have broken away from Trump is MAGA firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who is entrenched in a public fallout with the president — even suggesting he betrayed the “America First” promise he made during his campaign.
“A traitor is an American that serves foreign countries and themselves. A patriot is an American that serves the United States of America, and Americans like the women standing behind me,” Greene said Tuesday.
Greene is one of the few Republicans who called Trump out for inserting the U.S into foreign wars and criticized her own party for the government shutdown. However, Johnson said he believes Greene is “going to try and make good with President Trump,” comparing her remarks to “constructive criticism,” before drawing an odd analogy involving domestic violence.
“Listen, if you love your friend, are you just going to watch him like, go home and beat his wife? Like, no,” Johnson said. “You’re going to try and stop it... you’re going to try and prevent something bad from happening.”
The right-wing podcaster went on to also criticize Trump’s involvement in foreign disputes, saying leaders have called him “the president of the world” and that “there’s a reality distortion field in D.C.” where “American politicians feel like they have to be the world’s police.”
“And they feel like they have to be the world’s daddy, and that’s not why we elected you. Damn it. You know. We elected you to be daddy here to care for your children, which are American,” Johnson said.
He added that “a lot of administrations, Trump’s and many others, have gotten sort of derailed and have soured with the American people.”
The podcaster said the administration’s focus abroad has left it unable to focus on U.S. issues.
“They’re the stakeholders in this nation. They’re the ones who elect you. You should have allegiance to absolutely no one else other than this nation and its voters and you should care for them like your own children,” Johnson said. “That’s your job. That’s why we pay you and that it’s actually your moral duty in fact, as a leader.”