If you didn’t watch the first season of the reality television show "The Donald Trump Presidency," which aired from 2017 to 2021, then you missed the running gag that asked, “Is this the day he finally became president?” 

The implication was that, at some inflection point, Trump would at last act like a serious, authentic president. Spoiler alert: That day never came.

The big question that now hangs over "The Donald Trump Presidency," which was inexplicably picked up for a second season by American voters, is this: At what point does MAGA turn on him?

Another spoiler alert: The "Make America Great Again" crowd shows no sign of imminent rebellion, even as some of the loudest mouths in the MAGA-verse are excoriating Trump for attacking Iran in an incredibly expensive war of choice that has shaken the American economy.  

Their beef: Trump campaigned in 2024 for a second term on promises of ending foreign wars and improving America’s economy. And now he’s done the complete opposite. In fact, Trump has done exactly what he claimed President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris would do if they held onto the White House. 

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