"We now have total and complete control over the skies of Iran," he said.
He was either suggesting the United States and Israel were a "we" or he was saying the US was in control.
Either way, it is likely to anger parts of the MAGA movement who have been reminding him that kind of thinking is not very America first.
Some of the president's longest and most diehard supporters have warned that US involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict could "blow up the coalition" of MAGA supporters.ld Trump deliberates over Iran, he has a MAGA problem. Since his sudden departure from the G7 and his ominous "everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!" message, speculation about Trump's next steps has been smouldering.
Vice-President JD Vance issued a statement about how Trump "may need to take further action to end Iranian enrichment" and "people are right to be worried about foreign entanglement" in another entrenched conflict in the Middle East.
"I can assure you that he is only interested in using the American military to accomplish the American people's goals," Vance said in an apparent effort to put out any spot fires among supporters.
But then Donald Trump fanned the flames.
Within the space of an hour he said, "we now have total and complete control over the skies of Iran" and "our patience is wearing thin" and warned when it came to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei: "We are not going to take him out (kill!) — at least for now."
All lines that were stunning because they appeared to communicate the US was already somewhat entangled.
That is not what some parts of MAGA want to hear and despite being a convert to the movement himself, it appears JD Vance is well aware of the cracks starting to appear ...
... MAGA is far from a monolithic group, but some of its most high-profile commentators are putting its differences on display for Donald Trump to see.
Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene — the gang's all here.
The divide is getting deeper and getting very personal ...(read on)