MAGA Is Cracking From Inside

TL;DR

Trump's most loyal MAGA figures — Alex Jones, MTG, and Joe Rogan — are publicly breaking with him over the Iran war and erratic behavior.

Key Points

• 1.Alex Jones publicly called Trump's behavior erratic and incoherent. Jones, who built his empire on loyalty to Trump, said his speech 'isn't coherent all the time' and expressed hope Trump would 'pull out of this war' before the midterms.
• 2.Marjorie Taylor Greene called Trump insane and his administration evil. The former congresswoman posted that everyone in his administration 'claiming to be a Christian needs to fall on their knees and beg forgiveness from God,' saying 'this is not making America great again.'
• 3.Georgia's runoff election was framed as the first electoral test of anti-war sentiment. Democrat Sean Harris ran against Trump loyalist Clayton Fuller for Greene's old deep-red seat, with the NYT calling even a close Democratic result a warning signal for Republicans heading into midterms.
• 4.Joe Rogan and Theo Von called the U.S. 'the terrorists' on a podcast reaching tens of millions. The two figures central to Trump's 2024 coalition with young men said 'I can't believe we went to this war,' representing a potentially significant cultural fracture.
• 5.Trump issued escalating threats against Iranian civilian infrastructure that legal experts say violate international law. Over 100 international law experts signed an open letter citing strikes on power plants, desalination facilities, a primary school killing 175 people including 110 children, and Pete Hegseth calling for 'no quarter' — itself a war crime.
• 6.Iran shot down an American fighter jet over southern Iran, contradicting Trump's claim that Iranian radar was '100% annihilated.' A dangerous rescue operation ultimately saved both crew members, but Trump responded with renewed threats including 'Tuesday will be Power Plant Day and Bridge Day.'
• 7.Trump's proposed budget requests $1.5 trillion for the military — a 40% increase and the largest year-over-year rise since the Korean War. An additional $200 billion is earmarked for the Iran war, while non-defense discretionary spending would shrink by 10%, cutting the EPA by half, NASA by a quarter, and HHS by over 12%.
• 8.The Classical Learning Test, created by a religious scholar and backed by Republican state legislatures, is being pushed into public universities despite zero peer-reviewed evidence it works. Its only supporting study involved 235 students from a Christian college, yet Indiana, Arkansas, Ohio and others now require public universities to accept it, structurally advantaging students from Christian educational backgrounds.