The unfortunate problem is that what you just said is objectively very humourous to me, which I can feel actively improving my sentiment towards the slightly worrying volatility of the whole situation at present.

That is the joke, yes. It's a thin allegory about MAGA support for things that they were supposedly against, now that their candidate is doing them.

Interestingly, I think that article came out before the attack on Venezuela, which would be the most literal "blowing up". The actual attack kinda steps on the joke.