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Matt Gaetz Caught Texting His Mom About How He's 'Guiding' Trump
by Page Skinner
Huffington Post, June 25, 2025
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz was secretly recorded on a flight texting his mother about guiding President Donald Trump against the U.S. getting involved in the Iran and Israel war.
The video recording was uploaded to TikTok on Monday and has more than 1 million views as of press time. In the texts captured in the video, Gaetz inadvertently let slip some private family news while also defending his attempts to sway the president on foreign policy and his abilities as a Trump whisperer in response to his mothers warning against opposing him.
Im trying to guide him, not criticize him, Gaetz texted his mom, according to the TikTok video. But Ive never been freer to share my views and Ill continue to do so.
He continued, I think about the people who cheered the Iraq war because they liked Bush. Those people have blood on their hands.
Gaetz, who hosts The Matt Gaetz Show on One America News Network, said on his June 17 show that Trumps pro-Israel friends and advisers were trying to pressure Trump into launching airstrikes against Iran.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/matt-gaetz-caught-texting-his-mom-about-how-he-s-guiding-trump/ar-AA1HlHdO?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=422f1841750d4ffa80f8c692051b905a&ei=13
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Timeflyer
(3,795 posts)like a good little toady, so you hang on to all that sweet MAGA power and money.) OK, mom.
Kid Berwyn
(25,097 posts)Also in the TikTok, Gaetzs mom can be seen asking him how many times he wants to hit the wall.
Gaetz responded, telling his mom hes a happily married man with a son on the way, has two penthouse condos and $500,000 cash in his bank account.
I guess Ill keep hitting it till I die, he texted back.
Gee. Never thought about that as something anyone would look forward to.
durablend
(9,372 posts)Kid Berwyn
(25,097 posts)
Paladin
(32,354 posts)Helluva job you're doing. Your mom must be so proud.
Sincerely,
Every Democrat
Kid Berwyn
(25,097 posts)
But if anyone is responsible for Gaetzs rise to political fame, its his dad, whose deep pockets and even deeper connections in Florida politics are one reason Matt is known in his district as Baby Gaetz. Matt would be an assistant manager at Walmart if it werent for his father, says Steven Specht, a Democrat who ran against Gaetz for Congress in 2016.
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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/how-matt-gaetz-used-daddys-money-to-become-trumps-favorite-congressman/
Paladin
(32,354 posts)Hey, why should Gaetz be any more qualified than the rest of trump's goons?
Kid Berwyn
(25,097 posts)... the ability to reason would really make him stand out. He might even have been a contender for the worst person alive one day.

I am unable to see Gaetz as an assistant manager of anything, though. He would be weeded out long before getting promoted -- my guess would be for theft.
Paladin
(32,354 posts)tanyev
(49,685 posts)has found out theres a bus waiting with their name on it.
Kid Berwyn
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