White House spars with MAGA allies as Iran deal sparks conservative revolt

NY Post ^ | Published June 19, 2026, 6:56 p.m. ET | By Ariel Zilber

[dennisw]

The Trump White House is lashing out at some of its most reliable allies as a bitter civil war erupts on the right over the administration’s controversial Iran agreement.

Conservative commentator Batya Ungar-Sargon became the latest target Friday after she blasted the deal as an “utter humiliation” for the US and accused Vice President JD Vance of unfairly attacking Israel while defending Tehran.

Within hours the official White House rapid-response account on X unloaded on the conservative pundit in a pair of scathing posts.

“The only humiliation here is Batya desperately begging for an additional brain cell because her failing TV show is even more irrelevant than the likes of Kaitlan Collins and Fake Tapper,” the account, Rapid Response 47, wrote.

The White House-linked account also mocked conservative writer David Reaboi, dismissing him as a “complete nobody” whose “dim-witted ravings” nobody wanted to read.

The post was a response to Reaboi accusing Vance of suffering from “brainrot” that made him “morph into a more articulate Theo Von” — a reference to the popular podcaster who has been critical of Israel.

The attacks stood out because both Ungar-Sargon and Reaboi have spent years operating within the broader Trump-aligned political ecosystem.

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[escapefromboston]

Batya Ungar-Sargon??? Never heard of any of those names

[dennisw]

JD is Trump’s attack dog. He never has had an original thought. He is almost in the Tucker Qatarlson camp. If we don’t stop Iran, China+Iran will eventually control all oil that flows out of the Middle East. They will call the shots. Not the USA+Saudi Arabia+UAE. Via Hormuz straits blocking, threats, intimidation and tolls, China+Iran will control who to and at what price the Sunni mega oil producers will sell their crude.

[Kleon]

Hyphenated names are always a red flag.

[HollyB]

JD Vance is Trump’s VP. They are on the same team with the same agenda.

[Nateman]

Relax. Oil executives told Trump that America would run short of oil by late June or early July. While America was more than capable of taking care of domestic needs , the whole World was lining up to buy oil at 100$ a barrel. He had to get the oil flowing again or the whole World was going to feel the pinch.

Once America refreshes its own supply it's game on once again

[piytar]

Some people really don’t get the game President Trump is playing. Sigh.

He’s basically getting oil prices down. He knows Iran via Hezbollah will breach any agreement. Then he can say “I tried” while letting us rearm. Next step will be blowing them both back into the Stone Age.

This is not even chess. It’s barely even checkers.

So this is blindness, idiocy, or pure TDS on the part of the people who are carping about the deal. Maybe a combination.

[HollyB]

Batya : ‘she was the deputy opinion editor of Newsweek.’
I’d hardly call Newsweek nor Batya a MAGA ally.

[piytar]

You get it.

[SMARTY]

By now, there is nothing that Liberals can say or do to change Conservatives into Liberals... NOTHING! The DNC and it's creatures have burned way too many bridges.

It's interesting to watch the BS that Liberals and the MSM are throwing at the wall hoping something will stick!

For anyone keeping score, the DNC and the MSM are a 'museum of desperation'. They are pinning their hopes on powerless, defamed people and on failed ideologies that died decades ago. They are a footnote in everyone elses victory!

[FreedomPoster]

Right!?

“Conservative commentator Batya Ungar-Sargon”

Never heard of that. Why the hell should I care about what whatever that is, is saying about the Iran MOU? And the NY Post thinks this worth enough to print and article about it?

Sheesh.

[butlerweave]

If there was no deal they would be screaming for a deal ,LOL

[anton]

Trump will handle this by reacting to a peace agreement violation by dropping some bombs on the offender, not making a strongly worded statement at the UN like our “conservative” politicians would do.

[FreedomPoster]

I just skimmed though her Wikipedia entry. She is ANYTHING BUT a conservative! Just damn, if this is what the Left has to do, to drum up “conservative” opposition to Trump, they’ve really, really got nothing.

[Zhang Fei]

Trump is basically lining up popular support by signing a deal so crappy, they’re gonna impeach him if he doesn’t burn Tehran to the ground. He’s been doing the equivalent of Cato’s constant nagging about the necessity of destroying Carthage, but for far longer, since the embassy hostage thing. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. He’s lining up what he hopes to be a GOP majority this midterm so he can go to town on Iran afterwards.

[Tench_Coxe]

What they're trying to do, including people like the OP, are looking for wedges to create infighting among the different groups that elected Trump, put Cornyn and Cassidy on the path out the door, and are still unified.

The DNC might have burned bridges, but their machines in strongholds like California, Illinois, and New York are still putting 'their people' in place. At best, the Democrats should be nothing but a regional party. But they get helped by quislings in the Republican party.

But what is really going on is the administrative state (or Deep State) is at war with the American people--the kind that have made an impression on all those visitors here for the World Cup.

[KingofZion]

Not a surprise - this is the worse deal since Munich 1938 Peace in Our Time and even inferior to Obama’s disaster. I can’t recall another situation where one side decimated the other and then caved.

Never bet against TACO.

[Nateman]

You get it

I even filled up my cars tank in anticipation of that coming oil crunch. I'm looking forward to gas at less than 4$ a gallon again now .

[thegagline]

Then he can say “I tried” while letting us rearm. Next step will be blowing them both back into the Stone Age. This is not even chess. It’s barely even checkers. So this is blindness, idiocy, or pure TDS on the part of the people who are carping about the deal. Maybe a combination.”

Keep telling yourself that in two easy to understand graphs

[voicereason]

Next step will be blowing them both back into the Stone Age.

You better hope that happens quick, because it isn’t like the Republicans in Congress foster a lot of confidence that they’ll step up to do the right thing. And if the Dems get even one of the chambers back, it’s over.