Trump/MAGA Crisis; Iran Bombing Leads MAGA Stars to Declare War on HIM

Politicians hide themselves away. They only started the war. Why should they go out to fight? They leave that role to the poor - Black Sabbath, "War Pigs"

UPDATE: Trump’s done it, he’s dropped “BOMBS” on Iran’s nuclear sites.

Quick Analysis: The most craven, paid Trump whores (ex: Charlie Kirk) ditched their opposition before bombs landed. To be expected. What I’m looking at—and think will leads to a MAGA rupture—is how 3 groups react: 1) true isolationists (Rep. Massie); 2) RW entertainers (ex: Candace Owens; already called Trump “deranged”) & the fully-Putin-owned (many, but % of ownership/ability to avoid 5th fl windows sorts this out).

Remember, Putin’s an Iran ally, and was against the bombing. Putin himself may target Trump w/ propaganda, going all in on a rival. Trump’s failed him on Ukraine, the real reason Putin supported him, and now has attacked an ally after Putin publicly said don’t do it, and his allies have lambasted Trump in the hours since the bombing.

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Donald may have split with Elon and sold his little deuce coupe Tesla, but you can be sure he’s going to bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran. How else can he get Netanyahu to let his beach boy son-in law turn Gaza into the next Kokomo?

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Well, Well, Well… The MAGA Cult Finally Found Something to Fight About

Foreign policy. That’s what it took. Not the corruption. Not the grifting. Not the tax cuts for billionaires while working folks lose jobs, healthcare and homes. Not the kids in cages. Not the insurrection. Not the time he told people to inject bleach, or screamed “they’re eating the pets” on live tv. Not the 34 count conviction. Not the time a judge found he committed rape in a civil trial.

Not the payoff to the porn star he had sex with while his wife was home with their newborn. Not that he wears a girdle. Not the “shithole countries” that just all happened to be in Africa. Not his aptly named (by Penn Jillette) “piss cotton candy hair.” Not when he stared directly into an eclipse. Not his role in creating Eric Trump.

No, what’s finally tearing Trump’s MAGA coalition apart is the oldest snake pit in politics: war. It turns out that even cults may have their limits—especially when their Dear Leader starts sounding like Dick Cheney circa early 2000s. Ya know, when he was so bored he’d go hunting and shoot a random friend in the face.

Trump’s fanatics spent years giving the thumbs up every time he’d light a bag of poop on fire, place it on their doormat, ring and run. They stopped even pretending to support fiscal responsibility, moral values, constitutionalism and basic common sense faster than you can say “Mar-a-Lago crapper converted into stolen-document-storage center.”

But now that Trump’s frothing at the mouth to drop 30,000-pound bombs on Iran? Well, suddenly the MAGA brain-worm trust is splintering into isolationists, war-hawks and good old-fashioned conspiracy grifters calling each other “kooky” on Fox, Newsmax, Truth Social and Telegram. Or the Mai-Tai-meth cocktail version of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense.”

This is what happens when many in a movement pretending to care about “America First” realize their messiah only ever meant Trump First. Whoops.

Tucker Carlson, who spent years turning the Fox News audience demographic of constipation-battling 78-year old prigs into a paranoid militia with Wi-Fi, is doing his best Abby Hoffman—slamming Trump for selling out the base. Steve Bannon’s sounding like he just read Foreign Affairs. Marjorie Taylor Greene is so off the MAGA-beaten path I half expect her to tweet “workers of the world, unite” at any moment.

Meanwhile, Trump’s on Truth Social daring them to start their own TV networks if they’ve got something to say. Leadership, folks! Which reminds me, for us to ignore Putin’s role in convincing these Americans to stop an attack on Iran, his ally, would be to miss a key plot point.

Not to mention Putin’s providing talking points to Tucker, who skipped on over to Moscow do supermarket propaganda for Putin in the past, as yo may recall. And MTG, who’s never met a Russian talking point she can’t regurgitate. You can be on the right side for the wrong reasons, folks.

The thing about Trump is he never had a foreign policy philosophy. Hell, the man doesn’t know when World War II ended, mixed up the fascist leaders of Turkey and Hungary and pronounces China like he learned it from watching porn. His only foreign policy has been fear. Anger. Resentment. Ya know, the stuff Yoda warned would land you squarely on the Sith side of things.

“America First” was never a doctrine—it was a catchy bumper sticker that could mean anything and everything, but really was just about Trump’s transactional loyalty. If it made Trump look tough, score a headline, get a bribe or gain the ability to bathe in the adulation of the MAGA base? Game on!

Bombing Iran? Sure. Meeting with the Taliban at Camp David? Why the fuck not? Sell out the Kurds? Who are they again? No, really, who are they? Trump’s like a geopolitical toddler smashing Legos just to see what topples over. And laughing at the destruction when he’s done.

And now it’s happening. The Israel-Iran conflict is real. It's dangerous. And it’s pulling a thread on the frayed MAGA quilt. Some in this coalition of the willing to destroy America, like Mark Levin and Lindsey “Lick the Boot” Graham, are lining up to bang the war drums, all but begging Trump to put on some Idi Amin-esque, metal-littered military garb and go all Greg Stillson from “The Dead Zone.”

The missiles are flying. Hallelujah, hallelujah

Others—like Jack Posobiec, Candace Owens, Rep. Tom Massie—are scrambling to remind voters that “endless wars” are bad…blah blah blah…it’s Democrats’ fault..blah blah blah…Jews control the world...etc. Remember, Posobiec has openly called for the overthrow of American democracy, Owens said Hitler did good work domestically and Massie is one of the half dozen who posed for the Charlie Manson deluxe Christmas Card with his family—including kids—all holding assault rifles.

As I said, right side, but for very wrong reasons (except that first one about endless wars). Don’t break out the champagne yet, though. Like these guys do constantly on tv:

Remember, MAGA was never bound by ideas. Or strategy. Or the ability to exhibit an adult-level emotional IQ. It was—and still is—bound by the permission slip Trump provided for open cruelty and bigotry, vengeance vs those who got ahead because they were allowed to compete—as well as those who fought for the opportunity—pure greed and, of course, the cultish devotion of people who think tough talk is tough-ness.

If Trump flips again tomorrow and says bombing Iran is some woke shit, half the movement will fall back in line and chant “USA! USA!” like nothing ever happened. The other half will forget that the potential for a war even existed, much as they do about the existence of vegetables or multi-syllabic words. And there’s a good chance Trump will indeed flip—let’s remember: infrastructure week, tariffs, NATO, tariffs, a healthcare bill, tariffs, and also let’s not forget: tariffs.

Trump switches sides more than a triple agent. And if anything involves critical thinking, work or not getting distracted by a squirrel outside there is a solid chance he’ll change his view. Honestly, his pure stupidity and laziness usually saves us from the worst outcome, and there’s good reason to think that will also happen here.

Still, there’s reason for concern. If he goes through with war, you can be sure he’ll 1) totally muck it up 2) quit paying attention halfway through 3) strike a match in what’s already a political and theological tinderbox with no idea what to do. You see, Trump voters, we didn’t just tell you Trump would suck harder than an anaconda on a year-long vegan diet for our health. Actually, come to think of it, we did.

We’ll see if the MAGA machine eats itself. But if this foreign policy fracture holds—and it feels like it may, as it seems like a final straw after dissension on tariffs, the budget bill, mass deportations and more—it may be the first real proof Trump’s grip on the GOP isn’t divine, that it’s just been a really long and effective con.

But every con has an expiration date. I assume only more so when it involves body bags.

Whether it's Democrats putting flyers on Chris Cillizza’s Tesla or Republicans assassinating Democratic lawmakers, it's time for both sides to turn down the temperature.

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