Trump Facing MAGA Backlash Over America First Betrayal

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The latest furore was sparked overnight, in response to Trump’s at-times combative interview with Fox News ally Laura Ingraham, in which the president suggested he knew what his base wanted more than they did.

The comment came after Ingraham asked Trump about an issue near and dear to MAGA’s heart: China and its growing presence in the U.S.

“Folks are not thrilled about this idea of hundreds of thousands of foreign students in the United States,” she told him.

“You’ve said as many as 600,000 Chinese students could come to the United States. Why, sir, is that a pro-MAGA position when so many American kids want to go to school, and these places are not for them and these universities are getting rich off Chinese money?”

Trump replied by saying he wants to “get along with the world” and pointed out that the U.S. has “a massive system of colleges and universities.”


“He’s off this week like I’ve never seen him before,” said Doreen Mayo Ferris, who describes herself as a MAGA and MAHA former combat medic.

And another X user, @bbuckley88, observed: “Trump lost a chunk of his supporters with this interview & with today’s embrace of a Syrian terrorist. Seems like we lost the War on Terror & the War with China, all in one day.”

The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House for comment. But this week is not the first time Trump has been accused of neglecting his America First principles—or of angering his base.


 
The latest furore was sparked overnight, in response to Trump’s at-times combative interview with Fox News ally Laura Ingraham, in which the president suggested he knew what his base wanted more than they did.

The comment came after Ingraham asked Trump about an issue near and dear to MAGA’s heart: China and its growing presence in the U.S.

“Folks are not thrilled about this idea of hundreds of thousands of foreign students in the United States,” she told him.

“You’ve said as many as 600,000 Chinese students could come to the United States. Why, sir, is that a pro-MAGA position when so many American kids want to go to school, and these places are not for them and these universities are getting rich off Chinese money?”

Trump replied by saying he wants to “get along with the world” and pointed out that the U.S. has “a massive system of colleges and universities.”


“He’s off this week like I’ve never seen him before,” said Doreen Mayo Ferris, who describes herself as a MAGA and MAHA former combat medic.

And another X user, @bbuckley88, observed: “Trump lost a chunk of his supporters with this interview & with today’s embrace of a Syrian terrorist. Seems like we lost the War on Terror & the War with China, all in one day.”

The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House for comment. But this week is not the first time Trump has been accused of neglecting his America First principles—or of angering his base.


So sad that magat's are ok with trump giving away our treasure and security in return for special, personal failures.

Scorpion and the frog!
 
Last Friday, Trump also described affordability concerns as a “Democratic hoax” and insisted that grocery prices and other cost-of-living pressures were “way down.”

“We did a great job on affordability and groceries. The only problem is the fake news—you people don’t want to report it,” he told reporters.

However, many Americans pushed back, including MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has traditionally been one of the president’s key allies.

Greene has also called for him to spend more time on America First policies and less time on overseas meetings.
 
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