Even the most loyal MAGA insiders are doubting Trump

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Even the most loyal MAGA insiders are doubting Trump
Sources say it’s an “all hands on deck” effort to save POTUS

By Brian Karem
White House columnist
Published September 5, 2025 9:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) Donald Trump is coming to town. He’s making a list and he’s checking it twice… Trump’s MAGA minions — at least the remaining ones who are not fed up with his constant lying — still believe Santa Claus is coming to town. The rest of us are trying to move on.

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Donald Trump consumes power to survive. He’s a black hole of a human being who will never willingly give up the presidency unless someone offers him the title and power of world leader. Should he ultimately be impeached and convicted — fat chance of that — Trump would have to be pried from the Oval Office with a crowbar after being given a fistful of muscle relaxers.

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Vance was even called “Alexander Haig” after he recently announced he was ready to fill in should a “terrible tragedy” befall the president. After Reagan was shot, it was Haig who stood in the press briefing room and declared he was in control.

If this were a mob movie, all sorts of nefarious thoughts would come to mind. But in this case the speculation is limited to removal by the 25th Amendment — not likely — a sudden malady that will compromise the president or Vance just wanting to signal to MAGA supporters that he, at least, was not comatose. Some members of Trump’s staff believe the vice president “overstated things” to make himself seem vital. Trump himself said little about it, choosing to focus instead on Vance’s comment that Trump was in great shape. ..........................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/09/05/even-the-most-loyal-maga-insiders-are-doubting-trump/