Candace Owens regrets telling her followers to vote for Donald Trump for a second term in office.
In an interview with Piers Morgan on Tuesday, Owens slammed President Trump’s handling of the Israel, Iran conflict and his decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities.
“This is not the candidate that I voted for,” Owens told Morgan on his YouTube show “Piers Morgan Uncensored.”
Owens noted that Trump’s advisors urged him to stay out of the conflict. “It’s all of the same rhetoric dating back to 9/11. All of the same tactic trying to smear people who are against this war as ‘jihadists,’” Owens told Morgan.
She argued that the conflict between Israel and Iran in the Middle East was “simply not our business.”
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The war began when Israel launched missiles at military targets in Iran 2 weeks ago. Trump involved the U.S. in the conflict by dropping 30,000-pound bunker buster bombs on 3 nuclear sites in Iran.
Testing showed no increase in radiation levels in Iran and satellite photos of the sites showed very little damage to the underground nuclear facilities.
According to reports, the bombing set Iran’s nuclear program back by only several months.
“There was no imminent threat to the United States when Trump made this decision to do what Bibi wanted,” Owens said, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “This was not Trump’s decision, it was Bibi Netanyahu’s decision. And that is the reason that he did it. We’re very aware that Israel is dictating our foreign policy, and we’d now like that to stop.”
Owens has joined the ranks of MAGA loyalists who are rethinking their support of Trump.
“He’s been a chronic disappointment,” she said. “And I feel embarrassed that I told people to go vote for him because this wasn’t going to happen and it is happening.”
