Megyn Kelly tries her best to remain on Donald Trump’s good side, usually at the cost of her dignity. In 2015, Trump caused uproar when he appeared to poke fun at Kelly menstruating, later telling Don Lemon that there was “blood coming out of her wherever”.
Trump didn’t let up after that, calling her “overrated”, a “lightweight”, and that he had “zero respect” for her, claiming she was “nasty”.
Then, when the 2024 election rolled around, Kelly decided that she actually wanted to climb aboard the Trump train after all. She even tried to play down his Jeffrey Epstein links, by suggesting that, if you kinda think about it, maybe Epstein wasn’t so bad after all as he only raped “very young teens”.
Now, like many 2024 MAGA cheerleaders, Kelly has taken a look around the wreckage that Trump has left in his wake and has buyer’s remorse. Now she’s explaining that, sure, she expected political corruption from Trump in his second term, but what’s going on now is ridiculous! Speaking on the Hodge Twins podcast, she said:
Megyn Kelly, who endorsed and campaigned for Trump in the 2024 election:
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“I didn’t expect the corruption to be quite as widespread as it has been. The self-dealing, the lining of his and his family’s pockets. It’s shocking… You look across the board at the Trump family, I’ve… pic.twitter.com/rlT8pUXMRp
“I didn’t expect the corruption to be quite as widespread as it’s been. The self-dealing, the lining of his and his family’s pockets. That’s been a little shocking. I didn’t expect Trump to be so disrespectful of his base.”
“I didn’t expect Trump to be so disrespectful”
The hosts laughed as they said that Trump isn’t drawing a salary as president, a gesture somewhat spoiled by him and his family increasing their wealth by around $4 billion since returning to office. Kelly continued:
“You look across the board at the Trump family, I’ve never seen a family get so rich off the presidency. And it happened at the same time as a Supreme Court ruling which now says any official act he takes while in the White House is protected.”
Well, folks, it looks like we have a strong nominee for the 2026 “Fell For It Again” awards. Kelly – who we must once again remind you is not only a political journalist, but someone who knows Trump personally, is apparently shocked – shocked – that the nanosecond he was back in office he commenced an orgy of corruption unlike anything the presidency has ever seen.
Her response would likely be that Trump was only supposed to take a little corruption, as a treat. But anyone who believes Trump would stop when there’s even the remotest chance he could enrich himself or his family is deluded.
Despite all this, it’s nice that Kelly finally realizes what kind of man she put into the White House. Sure, it would have been nicer if she’d have realized that when everyone was screaming it at her at the top of their lungs two years ago. Oh well, pobody’s nerfect.
Published: May 25, 2026 08:22 am