Candace Owens built a career selling Trump as the anti-war, anti-establishment savior for conservatives who were tired of “forever wars.” Then Trump flirted with escalating Iran, and suddenly Owens realized she’s been campaigning for the exact thing she swore she opposed.
In a clip going viral on X, Piers Morgan asked Owens whether she was done with Donald Trump. To this, Owens tried to thread the needle between her past loyalty and her current embarrassment. “I don’t regret voting for Donald Trump over Kamala. I think he was the better candidate. Certainly a better candidate than Joe Biden,” she said, before admitting the part that made the clip explode.
“But what I will say is that he’s been a chronic disappointment, and I feel embarrassed that I told people to go vote for him… This is not the candidate that I voted for.”
The clip going viral isn’t from some fresh, dramatic break with MAGA, but from Candace Owens’ appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored back in June. This was after Trump’s Iran posture sparked an open split inside his own coalition. Reuters noted the fissure at the time, where prominent MAGA-aligned voices urged Trump not to drag the U.S. into another Middle East conflict.
That context matters because it proves Owens isn’t “turning” on Trump out of principle. In the clip, she’s reacting to a specific betrayal of Trump’s brand that she helped market. She’s also rewriting her own history for some reason. “This isn’t what I voted for” is practically the political equivalent of claiming you “didn’t order this” while holding the receipt, chewing loudly.
Candace Owens criticizing Trump isn’t what it looks like
Owens also signalled to the MAGA audience that she’s not defecting to “the other side.” She’s not renouncing Trumpism, but simply filing a customer complaint. It’s loyalty with conditions. She only wants her anti-war fantasy that keeps the “America First” aesthetics.
But Trump’s entire persona has always been impulse, escalation, and grievance. Owens just didn’t mind the chaos when it was aimed at the people she disliked. Piers, to his credit, pressed on the only question that actually tests whether her statement is performance.
What if Trump’s Iran instincts were “right”? What if the move forced Iran back to negotiations and produced a deal? Would she admit she was wrong? Owens didn’t hesitate. She said yes, dramatically yes. Because the “I can admit when I’m wrong” line is the brand polish that makes her critique sound principled instead of convenient.
So, Owens’ calling Trump a “chronic disappointment” isn’t really a moral awakening. But at this point, nobody really cares if Candace Owens steers back to the path of morality. The ship has long sailed.
Published: Dec 17, 2025 06:53 am