Donald Trump's Maga cult is finally crumbling | Arwa Mahdawi
‘The powerful seem to get away with everything’ … Trump’s base has shifted. Photograph: Bonnie Cash/EPAView image in fullscreen‘The powerful seem to get away with everything’ … Trump’s base has shifted. As Donald Trump’s approval ratings drop to record lows, some of his most fervent supporters are turning on him.See, as exhibit one, Trisha Hope, who was once a proud member of the Front Row Joes, a group of Trump superfans who follow the president to rallies around the country.
- ▪‘The powerful seem to get away with everything’ … Trump’s base has shifted.
- ▪Photograph: Bonnie Cash/EPAView image in fullscreen‘The powerful seem to get away with everything’ … Trump’s base has shifted.
- ▪As Donald Trump’s approval ratings drop to record lows, some of his most fervent supporters are turning on him.See, as exhibit one, Trisha Hope, who was once a proud member of the Front Row Joes, a group of Trump superfans who follow the pr
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‘The powerful seem to get away with everything’ … Trump’s base has shifted. Photograph: Bonnie Cash/EPAView image in fullscreen‘The powerful seem to get away with everything’ … Trump’s base has shifted. Photograph: Bonnie Cash/EPAOpinionUS politicsThe Maga cult is finally crumblingArwa MahdawiWith the midterms looming, and after the Epstein files and the war on Iran, Trump superfans are losing faith in their lame duck presidentTue 29 Sep 2026 11.21 EDTLast modified on Tue 29 Sep 2026 11.23 EDTShareIt took a dead child sex offender and a disastrous war to do it, but it looks as though the Maga faithful are slowly beginning to lose confidence in dear leader.
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