Massie: Trump Dismantled His Own Coalition
This is bad news for Trump politically, as a pointed critique argues he broke faith with three groups of voters who put Republicans in power.
- Trump promised to release the Epstein files to win over independent women voters, then reportedly reversed course.
- His DOJ argued Monsanto and Bayer should be shielded from state lawsuits over pesticide-related cancer claims, seen as a betrayal of the "Make America Healthy Again" voters who backed him on food and health issues.
- The anti-war faction that elected him feels betrayed by new Middle East conflict, which critics call especially reckless given Iraq's proximity.
- Fiscal conservatives are frustrated that DOGE's promised spending cuts have not materialized despite claims of massive government waste.
Outlook: The claim is that this string of broken promises is dragging Trump's approval from the 90s down toward 75%, with no sign of these coalition cracks healing soon.