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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Eduardo Porter

Trump’s policy mayhem is making even the Maga faithful consider walking away

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About 56% of respondents who identified as members of the Maga coalition said they were either having trouble meeting their debt payments or worried they would be struggling soon. Photograph: Mark Makela/Getty Images

The political consequences of Donald Trump’s policy mayhem are now coming into view: “Maga” America is getting pissed.

It has been a sight to see how every one of the president’s policy initiatives has sabotaged some core constituency or other. From farmers and rural Americans to manufacturing workers and every American struggling to make ends meet, Trump has torched pretty much his entire political base. For all his efforts to rig the midterm elections in his favor, it’s as if he is daring the Maga faithful to drop him.

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