Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massey warned that attempts by the American Israeli Public Relations Committee (AIPAC) and President Donald Trump to primary him in the future mid-way can backfire in an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller.

“The political calculation that both the President and the AIPAC have to consider is that if they chase me and lose, they both lost a lot of credibility,” Massey told the caller.

The caller only reported Thursday that AIPAC is protecting key challengers to take on Massy in the 2026 midterm elections. (Related: Exclusive: AIPAC is looking for a challenger to fire Thomas Massey)

“I know that foreign lobbyists are conducting push polls and are looking to recruit another candidate to oppose me because of my opposition to foreign aid and eternal war,” Massey told the caller in a statement.

Trump’s political allies are also preparing to replace Massy, ​​axios It has been reportedthe president attacked him in his position against the Israeli-Iran war and the “big beautiful bill.”

However, Massey suggested that such efforts could be wasted.

He noted that his team usually has polls in his district regarding support for foreign aid to Israel. Over time, he explained, and support for military and foreign aid to Israel declined.

“I think I’ve seen this across the nation in the general public and external polls I’ve seen. I think what Israel is doing in Gaza has reduced its position in the US, especially among the young people in the district,” Massey said.I say this – they still have a tough grip on Congress. So there is a growing gap between what Congress is doing and what people are thinking. ”

Massey argued that if AIPAC is actively straying from the Israeli line as they are trying to steal objections in Congress, they can threaten lawmakers with their own major challenges.

“AIPAC” I’m motivated Just as the president is motivated to attack me to attack me, it means they don’t want outliers, and the threat of attack and attack is intended to line up my colleagues rather than change my position. ”

Speaker and Republican Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson and Republican Kentucky Rep. and James Kommer, the Republican, have publicly paid attention to providing full support for Massey.

“I’m a party leader here and the speakers are leading the incumbent protection program. I made sure everyone gets re-elected,” Johnson said. NBC News On Tuesday, however, he added, “I certainly understand the President’s complaints about the colleague you named, and he and I will talk a lot about it.”

“I’m trying to get along with my colleagues, but I want to get along with the president,” Comer said.

But Massey said he personally received private “fist bumps” and other signs of encouragement from many of his Republican colleagues.

“jYesterday I decided to ask a colleague for a check from a campaign to help me. They were supportive.

Massie also scoffed at the idea that Johnson had a lot of influence in his district.

“THe is the best way to explain the influence of speakers in Kentucky. Whether he’s for me or for me, the outcome will be the same,” he explained.

Massy’s behind the scenes support comes as the president has stepped up his attacks on six terms of House members. During Trump’s visit to a Republican meeting with Capitol Hill in May, Massey says the president repeatedly followed him in front of his colleagues. The snipe includes Senator Rand Paul, a joke comparing his hair to fellow Kentucky hair. – Trump said he likes Massy’s curls – And while Massie went to the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School while he went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), suggesting that he has “better genetics” than Massie.

“He said it in front of 200 Congressional members,” Massey spoke to the caller, adding that he hasn’t spoken with the president this week since Trump called for his banishment on a true society.

“This year there were basically three attacks. And, as you know, there are a few volleys associated with each attack. And the first attack raised $370,000. The second attack raised $50,000. And this week’s total is $177,000,” he said.

“wThe irony of the hat is that traditional wisdom is that if Trump is on the other side of you in the Republican primary, if he drys out your funding, the money will be sent to those he supports. But we have achieved a situation where every time he attacked me, I would increase my funding,” explained Massy.

He continued, “It’s not the Democrats who are sending money to me. I think he’s been misguided into his attacks, just like reducing the life, the deputy corrections, the size and scope of the federal government so you can get, and the people who like who are sending money to me, and who want to stay in Congress are mostly the people who are sending money to me.”

Massey also said Trump’s situation could be very fluid as Trump is known to retreat from key challenges and support if the candidate he chose is not working well. For example, in 2022 he was not recruiting for Katie Brittt in the Alabama Senate race. More recently, he hedged bets in the Arizona Governor’s race by co-forming Karin Taylor Robson and Andy Biggs. (Related: Trump issues harsh warnings to Republican Congressmen)

A few weeks before the 2022 primary, Massey’s team released a poll showing him defeating the ostensible “Maga” challenger. Trump’s team called Massey and said the president wanted to offer his support.

“I agreed with that, and that was when I spoke to Trump and he told me he was 54-0 in support,” Massie recalled.

“so The thing he comes out might be a quick supporter as he is mostly digged with rhetoric, but wouldn’t it make him not come back from the race to maintain his political legacy? “Massie assumed.