3 weeks ago - The exodus proved surprising given that hundreds of MAGA devotees had waited for hours to see President Trump.

2 weeks ago - It’s clear in the data and on-the-ground conversations with younger conservatives that Trump might not be building a machine that he could easily transfer to the next MAGA warrior, however.

4 days ago - “The conservative party in the 90s was pining for the 50s,” Malik told POLITICO Magazine. “Now, we’re pining for the 90s.” · This next generation, more often than not, is reaching not for the decade’s feel-good touchstones like Friends, Titanic or Mariah, but for the decade’s darker and more anti-establishment canon: hip-hop, grunge, alt-rock and Tarantino. “Being anti-establishment, it’s always in vogue,” said one senior White House official, granted anonymity to speak on an unapproved topic. The next day’s White House UFC fight made the point bluntly. Sweaty, shirtless men clad in red, white and blue · pummeled each other on the South Lawn as Trump cheered ringside, the crowd thundered “U-S-A” and fighter jets screamed overhead. Three decades earlier, that kind of spectacle would have induced moral panic in the likes of John McCain, who in the sport’s early, unsanctioned days ...

2 weeks ago - Discontent is brewing among right-wing college students who believe the Trump administration is not aggressive enough on immigration enforcement. The Atlantic's Charlie Sabgir spoke with young men who support the MAGA movement at academic institutions across the country.

March 11, 2026 - She continues, “Young men were a big part of Trump's victory in 2024, but they are not going to be there for him in 2026.” ... White House spokesman Davis Ingle told TIME in response to the polls: “The ultimate poll was November 5th 2024 ...

1 week ago - It has been a sight to see how every one of the president’s policy initiatives has sabotaged some core constituency or other. From farmers and rural Americans to manufacturing workers and every American struggling to make ends meet, Trump has torched pretty much his entire political base. For all his efforts to rig the midterm elections in his favor, it’s as if he is daring the Maga faithful to drop him. And now, according to the most recent survey by Harris for the Guardian, even voters who identify as foot soldiers of the president’s political army are becoming impatient with the state of affairs, increasingly willing to blame the government for their economic troubles. About 56% of respondents who identified as members of the Maga coalition said they were either having trouble meeting their debt payments or worried they would be struggling soon.

1 week ago - Fuck off, no sympathy. We told you. ... I’m sorry, but anybody that’s lived in the US for the last 50 years, should’ve had an idea that we would have a bad time with Trump as president · There’s not one good redeeming quality about him, Not one!! ... They left the Maga movement.

2 weeks ago - The MAGA crowd was caught up in the chaos, described as ‘frantic’ and a ‘mess’

2 weeks ago - Joseph Rourke, who traveled from upstate New York, was extremely miffed when he was told to leave. "Yeah, that's kind of a bummer because there's no place to watch the fireworks from," the 58-year-old said.

April 28, 2025 - While many of these stories hand-wring that young men may be forever lost to MAGA-world, less than 100 days into Trump’s second term, it appears some of them are already experiencing buyer’s remorse. A new national youth poll released on April 23 by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School found that 59 percent of men between the ages of 18 and 29 disapprove of Trump.

July 29, 2025 - To further analyze why young men have moved away from Democrats and what they must do to win them back, Third Way and HIT Strategies conducted three focus groups with soft Trump supporting young Black, Latino, and non-college white men, 18-to-29-years-old, from the seven presidential battleground states. These young men were overwhelmingly less ideological, lower propensity and low political news consumption voters. The findings should give pause to anyone who wants to beat back the MAGA forces.

2 weeks ago - Discontent is brewing in right-wing circles on college campuses against the Trump administration — but it's not because they oppose his agenda.Rather, a large number of college Republicans think the president is simply not going far enough in his quest to purge the nation of immigrants.According ...

June 1, 2026 - A Rhode Island couple shelled out more than $600 for a Trump-branded watch, only to get a defective one missing a very important feature.

1 week ago - A storm was on the way, and law enforcement had ordered the MAGA faithful to evacuate — a process that did not go smoothly. People had waited in the extreme heat for hours to celebrate Trump and America; now they argued with the Secret Service and chanted “USA, USA” out of fury. As the lightning descended, the New York Times liveblog began to sound a little incredulous. A Times reporter heard a man blame the order on “liberals in the weather service.” Crowds seeking shelter found nearby buildings locked up for the holiday. An officer in front of the Commerce Department “shrugged” when someone asked him how to get inside, the liveblog noted. Others huddled inside the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Although Trump eventually appeared on the Mall for his speech, the spectacle had grown damp and strange, a fitting conclusion to months of disorder.

April 15, 2026 - It remains unclear just how much of Trump’s core base will give up on him and MAGA as a result of criticism from influencers like Carlson, Owens, Kelly, and Jones, but on Truth Social, poster CaliMAGA69 said they’ve had enough.

May 25, 2026 - But there are signs that Trump’s grip on his followers is starting to crumble. A few weeks ago, after he threatened to wipe out a civilization, verbally attacked the Pope, and posted an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus Christ, which he later claimed was him as a doctor, several prominent MAGA and Trump supporters — including Marjorie Taylor Greene, Alex Jones, Tucker Carlson, Candance Owens, and Megyn Kelly — broke with the president. And things have only escalated from there. Declining approval ratings suggest rank-and-file MAGA members have begun to jump ship, including some of Trump’s most ardent conservative Christian supporters. Does this spell the beginning of the end of the MAGA cult? If so, what happens next? And is now the time to reach out to family members and friends who may be rethinking their position? When the Tea Party formed in 2009, one month after President Barack Obama was inaugurated, the members were an odd mix of right-wing populists and free market extremi