President Trump has almost always made governing decisions with his MAGA base in mind. If the president’s mindset on always playing to his base does not change soon, Republican hopes for 2026 will take a dive.

I know MAGA diehards want to dismiss the polls as inherently anti-Trump. They can certainly point to a single survey that is. However, over the last month, there have been multiple respected surveys that all show basically the same results. Fox, Reuters, CBS, Quinnipiac, YouGov, Gallup — the list goes on. The president’s support is tumbling among the independent voters who decide elections.

This is not about media prejudice. This is about the MAGA base being out of touch with the overwhelming majority of Americans and importantly, Trump following rather than leading his own base of support.

This has nothing to do with the Epstein files or MAGA’s discontent with how the Trump administration has handled that issue. Conspiracy enthusiasts will never be satisfied.

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