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Donald Trump cruised back to the presidency thanks to “an informal court of influencers, podcasters and self-appointed power brokers,” but now, a new piece from Salon argues that his power is crumbling thanks to those very same people.<\/p>\n

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“During his presidential campaigns and midterm election cycles, that ecosystem amplified Trump\u2019s message and bypassed traditional Republican institutions,” Salon’s Sophia Tesfaye wrote. “Now it\u2019s colliding with the basic mechanics of governing and embarrassing the administration by creating a parallel power structure of clout chasers around the presidency. This week alone offered multiple remarkably different examples of the same phenomenon.”<\/p>\n

She continued: “In one, alleged pardon brokers sold access to Trump\u2019s orbit as a luxury service. In another, one of Trump\u2019s most influential MAGA personalities allegedly converted that proximity into a payday on the prediction markets. And in another example, a freshman Republican congressman threatened to derail House business over a feud with one of Trump\u2019s favorite influencers. “<\/p>\n

This class of media figures, Tesfaye argued, who deduced “that proximity to power is the only product worth selling,” and now they are cashing in on it. In doing so, they threaten to “blow up their own party\u2019s agenda.” <\/p>\n

Things are particularly stark when it comes to the MAGA sphere’s treatment of key information. Tesfaye explained that, “In MAGAland, insider information is something to be teased, reposted and traded on.”<\/p>\n

“On Saturday, the Wall Street Journal reported that over lunch at a members-only social club in Tampa, Florida, GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna confided in associates that she already knew Trump would pick JD Vance as his running mate in 2024. According to a person familiar with the conversation, she revealed she had passed the tip on to Rogan O\u2019Handley, the MAGA influencer known to millions of followers as \u201cDC Draino,\u201d so he could place a winning bet on Polymarket, and she later teased him for not placing a bigger wager. O\u2019Handley had reportedly been quietly campaigning on social media to get Trump to consider Luna herself for the ticket, and when she told him Vance had gotten the nod instead, he cashed in on the correct pick anyway.” <\/p>\n

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She continued: “Another account described a former investment banker saying he received the same kind of early tip through a conservative Heritage Foundation associate and used it to profit as well. Both Luna and O\u2019Handley deny any wrongdoing, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is reportedly examining the allegations.”<\/p>\n

Tesfaye also detailed the story surrounding Alex Bruesewitz, who works as an “outside political adviser” to Trump, and has sparked a feud with Rep. Randy Fine, a Florida Republican, who has pledged to vote against every piece of legislation until Bruesewitz is fired. This animosity appears to trace back to an appearance Brueswitz made on Tucker Carlson’s podcast in which he called the congressman “that creepy fat guy from Florida who endorsed genocide,” while discussing Trump’s endorsement of him.<\/p>\n

“That a sitting member of Congress was willing to shut down his own party\u2019s legislative business over a personal and ideological vendetta involving a Fox News alumnus and an outside political adviser is landing at the worst possible moment for House Speaker Mike Johnson, who needs something close to unanimity just to function,” Tesfaye explained. “He\u2019s already seen what a handful of defections can do: Weeks earlier, a separate bloc of conservative holdouts, several of whom had signed Fine\u2019s own SAVE America letter, tanked a defense authorization rule. Suddenly Johnson was faced with a member willing to burn down the floor schedule indefinitely because the party\u2019s most influential unofficial adviser called him fat on a podcast.”<\/p>\n

She concluded: “When clout brokers can provoke lawmakers into obstructing their own party\u2019s agenda, the White House is no longer directing the coalition \u2014 it is being dragged around by it. It\u2019s clear that Donald Trump\u2019s unofficial MAGA court is becoming a liability.”<\/p>\n

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