THE END? MAGA is COLLAPSING under its own weight
MAGA is imploding: Trump attacks his own intelligence chief, Elon Musk turns on him, his tax bill collapses, and even Tucker and Cruz are fighting each other on air
The MAGA movement is visibly fracturing under the weight of its own contradictions. Trump’s entire political brand—antiwar, anti-abortion, religious—was never rooted in conviction, only in performance. This week’s fallout over Iran is a perfect example: Trump’s own Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, publicly stated that U.S. intelligence sees no imminent nuclear threat from Iran. Trump dismissed her outright, froze her out of Camp David discussions, and escalated war talk on Truth Social. The message is clear—he’s not interested in facts or policy, only loyalty. Meanwhile, MAGA’s foreign policy divide widened with Tucker Carlson attacking Ted Cruz on-air for advocating regime change in Iran, exposing just how shallow and disjointed the movement has become.
Trump is also in a very public feud with Elon Musk, who once helped bankroll his campaign and ran a do-nothing government “efficiency” initiative under Trump’s blessing. Now Musk is calling Trump’s tax plan a “disgusting abomination,” hinting at third-party ambitions, and even briefly floating impeachment. Trump’s response? Retaliatory threats, contract sabotage, and public meltdowns. The fallout is financial as well—Tesla stock dropped, Trump’s media company took a hit, and the instability spooked markets. At the same time, Trump’s flagship tax bill is facing resistance from within his own party, with conservatives like Rand Paul and Thomas Massie rejecting it as fiscally irresponsible and overly generous to the wealthy.
This isn’t about Trump being removed from office—it’s about a movement unraveling. MAGA was built on slogans and branding, not governing principles. When confronted with real decisions—on war, abortion bans, trillion-dollar budgets—the hollow core is exposed. Billionaire backers are turning on Trump, congressional allies are splintering, and even Marjorie Taylor Greene is stirring internal drama. The anti-war mask is slipping. The contradictions are catching up. And what’s left is a chaotic coalition in decline.
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I have a plan for channeling the collapse into genuine change. Please see my profile for the full version: it involves ramping up the current protest movement, turning empty chair town halls into Citizen’s Assemblies, and turning No Kings into Bernie 2025. Congress could make him President by making him Speaker of the House, then impeaching and convicting Trump and Vance together. If we make the pressure hard enough, we can break the opposition to positive change. Yours sincerely, a longtime fan and lurker (on other accounts) of your youtube channel and of other independent voices on the left.