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The New Republic’s<\/em> Virginia Heffernan has followed the MAGA breakup closely over the past year as President Donald Trump’s broken promises has left the movement feeling “betrayed.” <\/p>\n

Read more Trump facing \u2018most embarrassing\u2019 loss in deep MAGA country<\/a><\/p>\n

While speaking to Greg Sargent for his “Daily Blast” podcast, the two discussed the recent warning issued by former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.), who abandoned the president over the Jeffrey Epstein files. In a TikTok video, Greene warned that the era of MAGA success is done. <\/p>\n

“The coalition came in. You want to know why \u201826 and \u201828 is going to be different? Because Donald Trump broke his big, big campaign promise of no more foreign wars, and actually has got us embroiled in a war with Iran, a war that should not be happening, and he\u2019s not backing off of it. And it will probably get worse. So, that has the affordability crisis. That\u2019s why people can\u2019t afford gasoline. That\u2019s why people\u2019s bills keep going up. Food prices are still going up. Beef is at all-time high. It\u2019s ridiculous. You know what you should have done? You should have stuck to your campaign promises, and you should have delivered for the people that put you in office, not the ones writing you the big fat checks,” said Greene. <\/p>\n

It comes after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confessed to the press, “I don’t really understand” the spike in oil prices. <\/p>\n

Sargent called Greene a kind of “oracle” when it comes to predicting that this would happen when she left Congress. <\/p>\n

“When Marjorie Taylor Greene says the coalition is falling apart, all these voters feel betrayed by you, Mr. President, she isn\u2019t just making a prediction. She\u2019s essentially saying to these voters, you know, you shouldn\u2019t show up for this guy because he f\u2014\u2014 you, right? That\u2019s what she\u2019s really saying. And it\u2019s true. She\u2019s right about it,” said Sargent. <\/p>\n

Read more Trump loses nearly $2 billion in net worth after Truth Social stock closes at new low<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump is quoted as saying he doesn\u2019t care about his old voters. And she and lots of people took that very personally,” she said. <\/p>\n

Now, they argued, Trump is repeating the kind of foreign-policy overreach he once blasted. It comes as he’s issuing threats of economic punishment against countries that trade with Iran. It’s not something easily enforced and is designed largely to create the appearance of action while lacking a clear strategy for ending the conflict, they said. <\/p>\n

Now MAGA is stuck in a messaging crisis where even Fox News personalities like Sean Hannity are avoiding most discussions about the war. The two think it’s likely because audiences don’t want to hear pro-war rhetoric. So, pro-Trump media is falling back on the same message that Trump is being unfairly persecuted. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was finally forced to say that the affordability crisis isn’t a “hoax,” as Trump claimed. On Thursday, Johnson acknowledged that the war has pushed gas prices higher. It has finally become a problem impossible for Republicans to ignore. <\/p>\n

Read more George Conway tears Trump apart for claiming he\u2019d \u2018win by 25 points\u2019 today<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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