Trump Blindsided as It Gets Worse

The MeidasTouch Podcast

The episode explores the growing fragmentation within the MAGA movement as various Republican figures and voters express deep disillusionment with

Key takeaways

• Ken Paxton expressed in a recorded meeting that Donald Trump is acting as a drag on Republican polling numbers.
• Senator Jim Justice criticized Trump's ICE policies, specifically targeting the removal of long-term residents.

Main topics

• MAGA voter disillusionment
• Republican party fragmentation

Notable quotes

The rats are fleeing the sinking ship.

Conclusion

The episode serves as a report on the internal collapse of Trump's bas

Transcript preview

Speaker 4 (0:00) Donald Trump is watching as MAGA dies. After all, Donald Trump killed MAGA. He betrayed his base. He screwed over the entire country, but he screwed over MAGA a lot as well. And we're hearing statements like the following. I'm 21. I'm going to college here in Fayetteville. Voted for the first time in 2024. Straight Republican. I plan to vote Democratic this year, at least against Tom Cotton and Sarah Huckabee. This war in Iran is a betrayal, not a broken promise, a broken. promises H.W. saying no new taxes. This is a betrayal of no more foreign wars. Americans are dead on behalf of Israel. The Republicans have completely F themselves and they deserve everything coming their way and they aren't even sorry for it. My friends keep saying the Doyle thing that I just need to deal with it because Dems are worse, but that's bullshit. That doesn't work on me anymore. Or how about this? furious MAGA caller abandoning Donald Trump over the catastrophic war, inflation, and broken campaign promises, calling into the Megyn Kelly wrap-up show. Listen to this. Let's play it. Speaker 1 (1:16) Over the last couple of weeks, I've been getting what seems like a handful of callers every single day who are totally disillusioned by someone, in many cases, they say they voted for, Donald Trump. Thanks Speaker 7 (1:26) for taking my call. I voted for Donald Trump. And I got to be honest with you and tell you. You know, we didn't get a wall. We didn't get the lock up Hillary. We didn't get to drain the swamp. We didn't get affordable health care. We didn't get to eliminate the national debt with Doge. Remember, we were looking and they only raised it from 36 trillion to 40 trillion. OK, we didn't get the Epstein files accountability. I think Pam Bondi probably got fired because she released some of them. It wasn't supposed to. We didn't get a Doge check of five grand. We didn't get a two thousand dollar tariff check. OK, we didn't get lower interest rates. We didn't get nothing but lied to. And like I said, I voted for the guy. But this guy is the big he should be selling used 67 Cadillac Coupe de Ville's at some used car lot because all we've gotten is garbage. Iran, Iran, Iran. OK, the price of oil comes down. His big buddies are the rich buy. Price of oil goes up because we buy them. They sell, sell, sell. The whole thing is a sham. Well, he's selling watch. Could you imagine if Barack Obama was selling watches, sneakers and all kinds of stuff? We'd be going nuts. I'm sorry. I would never vote for this man again. And you know what? Sometimes things got to get worse before they get better. But there is no America first with President Trump. I'm sorry. Thanks for the call. Thanks for taking my call. Speaker 5 (2:56) It was Speaker 7 (2:57) just Speaker 5 (2:57) raw anger. Yeah, yes. And I think that sentiment right there, that things have to get worse before they get better. So from his perspective, voting for Democrats is going to make things worse. Speaker 1 (3:09) But Speaker 5 (3:09) he's going to do it anyway because he's so angry at Trump and he feels like Trump has to feel some pain. Speaker 1 (3:15) Another woman called in recently and said the exact same thing. Speaker 5 (3:18) Yeah, that is... You're seeing 50 to 55 percent of people strongly, quote unquote, strongly disapprove. That is euphemistic for how those people feel about him. Strongly Speaker 4 (3:29) disapprove is being generous. Then you had yesterday Ken Paxton's. recorded meeting where he said that Donald Trump screwed over the entire Republican Party with the Republican Midterm Convention