President Donald Trump has made it clear that he is worried the Republican Party will suffer major losses in the 2026 midterm elections — a fear his fellow partisans share. Yet even as he comes up with increasingly elaborate excuses to preempt his seemingly-impending losses, people who once supported Trump are turning on him over and over again.
The most recent evidence was an MS NOW interview.
“We've got to stop these wars,” a three-time Trump voter told MS NOW. “It costs time, money, and lives. So that's all.”
When asked if he is disappointed in Trump, he said yes.
“Definitely, I thought he was the man,” the voter said. “Then I think we watched some Netflix story, and a guy had a wedding for Marla Maples and put it on a credit card — never paid the bill. I'm like, ‘This is our guy? He's leaving people worse off — he's robbed more people than anyone.’ So yeah, I'm not a fan of his anymore.”
He added, “I thought he was for real, but now I see the people he puts in office and they're all his buddies. That's all I can say about that. I'm not voting for him again. But he's old anyway. There should be term limits on these guys, or age limits. I retired at 55 because I was too old to do my job. You can't run a country at 80, in my opinion. That's just my opinion, though.”
When asked if he regretted voting for Trump, he answered, “Definitely.”
“Who do we have?” the voter asked. “We can't have the one-percenters running everything — the money they have, the power, they just own everything. They own all the homes, all the businesses. What does that leave us? I know young people with pensions and retirement plans who still have to work until their last day. It's unfair. And he's not making it any easier for us, I don't think.”
A second voter confirmed that she has seen a lot of Republicans turn on Trump.
“I see a lot of Republicans I know, people I talk to, who are starting to lean toward the middle — like, neither party is good,” the voter told MS NOW. “We need a third party. My brother believes in that 100%. A lot of people are going independent. It's hard — you see people struggling to stay in their homes, to put groceries on the table. They keep cutting programs people need, and the money that should be going to American people, I believe, is going elsewhere when it shouldn't be. Again — take care of Americans first.”