If Trump loses his MAGA base, he is finished.

[kentuck]

They are the ones that hold the entire regime together, including the former Republican Party members.

Trump keeps them together by making them believe that he is going to run for a third term. Because if he is no longer part of the equation, what reason do they have to even exist?

Many understand that they will have to divorce themselves from Trump and find a new leader if they are to survive as a movement?

Elon Musk believes that he can be that leader. If he can get the right people behind him, the others would follow. Then, he could carry on the fascist takeover of America. But with enemies like Steve Bannon, that might be a big chore?

This is why the Epstein file story is so troubling for Trump. The MAGA base is not buying it. "His "boys" and "gals" want to see everything in the Epstein files. Why is Donald Trump protecting Bill Clinton and other big name Democrats in the files, they ask? Maybe because there are other big names in the "files" and they are not Democrats?

But the MAGA base does not believe Trump is in the files. They do not blame him. They are blaming Pam Bondi for not releasing the complete files, as she said she would do. They do not seem to understand that Pam Bondi does nothing without the approval of Donald Trump.

Knowing that they do not have a lot of collateral in the future of Donald Trump, they may not be as secure as some in the White House and Congress believe?

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Finished how?

Removed from office? Nah

The bigger damage will be to the GOP and their chances in future elections.

[kentuck]

2. But he needs the GOP and MAGA united at this time for his present agenda.

They cannot be rocking the boat like they are doing.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Other than the OBBB, he doesn't need anybody

Most of his agenda is being implemented via executive action, not legislation.

He got the funding to expand his Gestapo and build his camps, so he really doesn’t need anyone’s approval or permission anymore.

The only thing he might care about is if his grifting income declines because of the Epstein kerfuffle.

[kentuck]

6. I think you are right.

He doesn't need them for anything except his continued grifting.

[democratsruletheday]

3. just ANOTHER clownish distraction that will lead nowhere....

meanwhile behind the scenes him and his crew of shitgibbons rob and plunder the country

[kentuck]

5. But they do need their base in order to continue to rob and plunder.

MAGA gives him the power to do that.

[PlanetBev]

7. I'm not holding my breath.

Most of these zombies will follow Trump off the cliff.

[kentuck]

9. The problem is they will not follow en masse.

If he were to lose 10%, it would be devastating for Republicans in the mid-terms.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Plan was always to jettison MAGA

Paralyze everything.

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Hell yes.

Hey, MAGAtts! Get a clue and read Michael Wolf's latest book. Then, all he says, look it up. Along the way, you get an education.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

11. MAGA is the name he gave his brainwashed cult. Their "dear leader" can do no wrong". That's why

trump's "assassination" attempt was so pivotal in rallying his cult members who treat him as a deity. I realized this from the reaction of neighborhood magats. It was as if it were an attempt on the life of a God.

[Granny Blue]

12. The Greedy Old Pickpockets

and the Supreme Kangaroo Court will have to be looking over their shoulders! If the Dems win both houses of Congress, or eve just one, Investigations and impeachments loom!

[Mariana]

13. He won't lose them.

MAGAtry is a religion, and religious beliefs aren't rational by definition.