{"id":4782,"date":"2026-08-15T06:07:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T06:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782"},"modified":"2026-08-15T06:07:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T06:07:51","slug":"big-failure-conservative-icon-says-donald-trumps-luck-has-run-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782","title":{"rendered":"‘Big failure’: Conservative icon says Donald Trump\u2019s luck has run out"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

President Donald Trump is officially becoming a \u201cbig failure,\u201d according to a conservative intellectual who wrote speeches for one of the Republican Party\u2019s most beloved leaders, President Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n

Read more Maybe God is punishing America \u2014 and the worst is yet to come<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHis position in the political cosmos is changing,\u201d Peggy Noonan wrote for The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. \u201cIn some new way good fortune is not on Mr. Trump\u2019s side. There is a new precarity there.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cAll this is connected, obviously, to the dangerous mess of Iran, widespread economic anxiety and a rise in the energy and electoral success of the left, which hates him and, in its political bloodlust, apes him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Describing Trump\u2019s approval ratings, which are consistently in the 30-percentage range, she pointed out that he is especially suffering because of his mishandling of the Iran war and the ongoing failing economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot so long ago, all the energy was with MAGA, the insurgents who went up against the establishment in the big rebellion, the big rebuke,\u201d Noonan said. \u201cBut it\u2019s the progressive left trying to claim that role now, and with a similar ideological chestiness. We\u2019ll see how many they speak for, but it matters in politics where the energy and fervor are, where the hunger is.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cAn insurgency that becomes a government is eventually responsible for conditions. MAGA as a force has been around more than a decade. You can\u2019t blame everything that doesn\u2019t work on the bad governance of the past when the past is fast receding and your candidates have been controlling Washington for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018Are you better off?\u2019 Conservative assails Trump in thundering takedown<\/a><\/p>\n

Noonan listed Trump\u2019s problems as including \u201cICE excesses, Epstein, Ukraine, Iran, inflation, tariffs; lame duck,\u201d as well as his seeming tendency to constantly create drama.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is a real weakness in life, needing drama,\u201d Noonan concluded. \u201cIt will find you on its own. When you need it you\u2019re always generating new stakes, and in a presidency they\u2019re often high, and when you fail that is some big failure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Noonan has been a frequent critic of Trump, despite identifying herself as a conservative Republican. In April she wrote for the Journal that \u201cit was strange that Mr. Trump didn\u2019t prepare the country for any possible repercussions. A somber admission that U.S. actions in Iran might be followed by serious counteraggression was needed, and is part of the president\u2019s responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Describing his prosecution of the Iran war, Noona said that \u201ca lot seems to depend on matters of personal choice, will and mood. In Iran for instance, maybe he\u2019ll bomb the rubble until it jumps, maybe he\u2019ll declare victory and withdraw by May, maybe he\u2019ll send in troops. But it will be his choice, no consultation needed with that pesky branch, the legislative.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2025, Noonan further observed that Trump was in seeming trouble. Back in 2021, shortly after his failed coup attempt following his loss in the 2020 presidential election, Noonan proclaimed that \u201cthe second impeachment trial of Donald Trump has been a rout for the pro-impeachment side. They made the case through time-stamped videos and close argumentation, and their timeline linked in an undeniable way the statements of the president on 1\/6 and the actions of the rioters who stormed the Capitol. Democratic floor managers were at their best when they were direct, unadorned, and dealt crisply with information and data, as they did most of the time.”<\/p>\n

Read more America\u2019s weakest in 50 years \u2014with two more years of Trump to go: analysis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump is officially becoming a \u201cbig failure,\u201d according to a conservative intellectual who wrote speeches for one of the Republican Party\u2019s most beloved leaders, President Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n'Big failure': Conservative icon says Donald Trump\u2019s luck has run out - Next Address America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"'Big failure': Conservative icon says Donald Trump\u2019s luck has run out - Next Address America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Donald Trump is officially becoming a \u201cbig failure,\u201d according to a conservative intellectual who wrote speeches for one of the Republican Party\u2019s most beloved leaders, President Ronald Reagan.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Next Address America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-15T06:07:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4782#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4782\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3\"},\"headline\":\"‘Big failure’: Conservative icon says Donald Trump\u2019s luck has run out\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-15T06:07:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4782\"},\"wordCount\":619,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4782#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/58aa7a05deda9e65578480c841345f72.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4782#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4782\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4782\",\"name\":\"'Big failure': Conservative icon says Donald Trump\u2019s luck has run out - Next Address America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4782#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4782#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/58aa7a05deda9e65578480c841345f72.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-15T06:07:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4782#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4782\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4782#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/58aa7a05deda9e65578480c841345f72.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/58aa7a05deda9e65578480c841345f72.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4782#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"‘Big failure’: Conservative icon says Donald Trump\u2019s luck has run out\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Next Address America\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'Big failure': Conservative icon says Donald Trump\u2019s luck has run out - Next Address America","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"'Big failure': Conservative icon says Donald Trump\u2019s luck has run out - Next Address America","og_description":"President Donald Trump is officially becoming a \u201cbig failure,\u201d according to a conservative intellectual who wrote speeches for one of the Republican Party\u2019s most beloved leaders, President Ronald Reagan.","og_url":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782","og_site_name":"Next Address America","article_published_time":"2026-08-15T06:07:51+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3"},"headline":"‘Big failure’: Conservative icon says Donald Trump\u2019s luck has run out","datePublished":"2026-08-15T06:07:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782"},"wordCount":619,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/58aa7a05deda9e65578480c841345f72.webp","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782","url":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782","name":"'Big failure': Conservative icon says Donald Trump\u2019s luck has run out - Next Address America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/58aa7a05deda9e65578480c841345f72.webp","datePublished":"2026-08-15T06:07:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/58aa7a05deda9e65578480c841345f72.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/58aa7a05deda9e65578480c841345f72.webp","width":1200,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4782#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"‘Big failure’: Conservative icon says Donald Trump\u2019s luck has run out"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/","name":"Next Address America","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com"],"url":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}