Carrie Prejean Boller breaks with Trump, claims Israel 'has occupied our government'
Conservative influencer says she no longer "recognises our president", as Iran war deepens MAGA divisions and reignites debate over the meaning of "America First".
Carrie Prejean Boller, a former Trump administration appointee, has declared Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement as "dead", accusing the US President Donald Trump of being influenced by Israel in shaping US foreign policy, especially on the Iran war.
Speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored on Monday, Boller said she no longer "recognises our president", whom she described as a "dear friend".
"I think that we are an occupied nation. I think that a foreign country has occupied our government, and we are seeing now that this president of the United States of America is being influenced by a foreign government," she said, pointing to Israel and PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s frequent visits as the reason for the Iran war.
"He’s been here almost eight times. This is embarrassing. We are the United States of America. Why are we allowing a foreign country to occupy our government?"
"And MAGA, let me tell you right now, MAGA is dead. It is deader than dead, and Americans are furious. We don’t recognise President Donald J. Trump anymore," she added.
A growing rift has emerged within Trump’s political base, as prominent allies and former officials publicly criticise his handling of the Iran war.
On Tuesday, Joe Kent, who had been serving as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, posted his resignation letter on X, challenging the Trump administration's rationale for conflict with Iran. He urged Trump to end it.
"I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran," Kent wrote in the letter. "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby."
‘Trump has betrayed our country’
Boller was removed last month from the White House Religious Liberty Commission, to which she had been appointed in May 2025, after being accused of attempting to "hijack" a hearing on anti-Semitism.
Her remarks come amid an intensifying debate within Republican circles following joint US-Israeli air strikes on Iran launched on February 28.
The military action and the subsequent escalation have prompted divisions over the meaning of Trump’s "America First" agenda, with some arguing that foreign intervention contradicts its core principles.
Boller said she had been a loyal supporter of Trump for almost 20 years, and insisted opposition among conservative grassroots supporters is widespread.
"I talk to MAGA people all day long, every day, and the everyday, average American is absolutely against this war, and they know that the only reason why we are even in Iran right now is because of Israel," she said.
She concluded, saying, "We will not vote for one more politician who lies to us and says, ‘Oh we’re gonna drain the swamp and we’re gonna not get involved in foreign wars,'. Trump has betrayed our country and he has betrayed MAGA, and people are livid."