How MAGA will gradually leave TSF [View all]
The way he's portrayed.
Trump has leaned hard on the meme that "Nobody likes a loser." Put together all the images and messages he's put forward, esp. his arm raised in defiance after the supposed assassination attempt in Pennsylvania (FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!), his constant self-acclamations (BEST PRESIDENT EVER ELECTED, BEST GOLFER, BEST ANYTHING). That was then. This is now.
Despite FOX and the retreat of "legacy media", images are escaping to the American public, showing Trump to be OLD, weakened, tired. And his voice, while at times can be loud, is still fading. His walk has an unbalance, with an uneven gait. His hair is thinning and can't be disguised with gold and combovers.
But most of all, with the tariffs, prices will increase while paychecks won't. MAGAs, like the rest of us, will find that they can only buy 2-3 items with $20 at their supermarkets. And wait for the outcry for the price of coffee.
MAGAs may be unduly loyal to Trump, but they do have memories. They remember TSF proclaiming, "We're going to win so much that soon you'll get tired of winning!" -- but this doesn't feel like winning. And he can't run away from it.
Even if Trump restarts his rallies again, you may see SOME MAGAs show up, just to see him in person, but the cheering will be less and sporadic.
Now, this doesn't mean that they'll start voting for Democrats. But they won't be showing up at the polls too.
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