Mets legend Lenny Dykstra has completed a political heel turn.
On Monday night, Dykstra took to X/Twitter to publicly break with President Donald Trump after previously defending him.
“Donald Trump is compromised,” Dykstra wrote. “Just calling it as I see it, as always.”
There’s no indication as to what caused the change in the former Met. Recently Trump has come under fire for his attempt to block the release of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s files.
Trump has repeatedly denied having any knowledge of Epstein’s offenses, and he has not been accused of wrongdoing. Epstein died by suicide in August 2019 in a federal detention facility, where he was being held on chargesof sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors.
In November, Dykstra demanded the release of the Epsteain files, writing on X/Twitter:
“Imagine a government who works for the people convincing an entire nation that there needs to be a vote on whether or not to release files that should have been public record from day 1,” Dykstra posted. “Wtf happened to this country? Release the Epstein files before I start educating people on why you were never legally allowed to keep them secret! NailsNeverFails (bleep)”
As recently as October, Dykstra was a fervent defender of Trump, publicly backing the president amid criticism of his controversial $250 million White House ballroom project.
After Stephen King — the author of “IT” and “The Shining” — criticized Trump on X for pushing ahead with the 90,000-square-foot ballroom, Dykstra fired back by quote-posting King and sharing a 2010 CNN clip highlighting a four-year, $376 million renovation under former President Barack Obama.
“The hypocrisy is never ending,” Dykstra posted. “Remember the outrage over the 376 million dollar renovations under Obama???? Me neither (expletive).”
Dykstra was three-time All-Star with the Mets. He helped power the franchise to its first World Series title in 1986 and later delivered one of the most iconic moments in team history with his walk-off home run in Game 3 of the 1988 National League Championship Series.
He remains one of the most recognizable players of the Mets’ championship era.
