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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Arwa Mahdawi

The Maga cult is finally crumbling

Donald Trump frowning and wearing a blue suit and tie
‘The powerful seem to get away with everything’ … Trump’s base has shifted. Photograph: Bonnie Cash/EPA

It took a dead child sex offender and a disastrous war to do it, but it looks as though the Maga faithful are slowly beginning to lose confidence in their dear leader. As Donald Trump’s approval ratings drop to record lows, some of his most fervent supporters are turning on him.

See, as exhibit one, Trisha Hope, who was once a proud member of the Front Row Joes, a group of Trump superfans who follow the president to rallies around the country. They have custom-made T-shirts! They have branded baseball caps! They even have the attention of Trump himself, who frequently shouts out the group. He did once accidentally call them the “front row Jacks and Joes”, but who can expect a man of his calibre to pay attention to the plebs, eh?

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