U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as he welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 29, 2025. REUTERS Kevin Lamarque
MS NOW analyst Cornell Belcher argues a recent boo-down at a major professional wrestling event in Las Vegas reveals President Donald Trump may have lost a bigger sector of the voting class than originally expected.
“That clip … at a wrestling match is, quite frankly, startling because the cultural stuff has such importance,” Belcher told MS NOW host Alicia Menendez. “These blue-collar non-college voters have been the face of Trump's support for a long time. Non-college white voters broke for Trump by 34 points in the last election.”
Belcher pointed to surveys showing 57 percent of non-college white voters now believe Trump’s Department of Homeland Security personnel have “gone too far,” even on an issue that Trump once enjoyed widespread support.
“His policies are actually losing the people who helped bring him to the dance and, by the way, are critical to Republicans in the upcoming election,” said Belcher, who studies poll numbers.
Belcher also blasted Democratic Party leaders for “dumbing down” the scope of Trump’s disapproval to a single issue, when the rancor actually spreads across a spectrum of issues.
“Democrats always want to say, ‘oh, it's affordability. And we found the silver bullet. We got to talk about affordability.’ As if Democrats hadn't been talking about affordability in the last election. And as if we didn't see these massive swings, even in red areas, towards Democratic candidates simply because Democrats say the word affordability. It's so dumb as to make your head explode, said Belcher. “There is something bigger and larger happening out there in America.”
The public’s frustration with Trump, he said, is welling up from a grassroots level. as communities are being torn apart and neighbors are afraid to walk out of the house.
“It's not just the affordability. Economy's always going to be a top issue … but to act like there’s only one variable that’s driving Trump's numbers into the ground and swinging Republican areas towards Democrats … is absolutely absurd,” said Belcher. “And if I were a Republican in a swing district, [the bad poll numbers] would put me on the seat on the edge of my seat.”