Trump’s Coalition Shows Cracks as Disillusionment Spreads

A 21-year-old college student in Fayetteville who voted straight Republican in 2024 now plans to vote Democratic, calling the administration’s foreign policy “a betrayal of no more foreign wars.” A furious former Trump supporter called into Meghan Kelly’s show to list every broken promise he could think of — no wall, no Hillary locked up, no drained swamp, no affordable health care, no Epstein files, no $5,000 DOGE check, no lower interest rates — and concluded: “All we’ve gotten is garbage.” Another caller said she felt the same way. These are not isolated voices. Across multiple fronts this week, the MeidasTouch Podcast documented a growing revolt within the coalition that put Donald Trump back in office.

The MAGA Base Turns on Trump

The most striking evidence came from the callers themselves. The first caller, who voted for Trump, told Megan Kelly that he would never vote for Trump again — even though he believes things will get worse before they get better and that voting Democratic will make things worse. He said he would do it anyway because Trump “has to feel some pain.” The podcast host noted that this tracks with polling showing 50 to 55 percent of people now “strongly disapprove” of Trump, calling that description “euphemistic.”