Is blasphemy the last straw for Trump’s Maga base?

About this episode

The episode discusses whether Trump's recent controversies could alienate his Maga base.

No matter how much Donald Trump outrages his opponents, nothing ever seems to stick. But what about his own base? With controversies surrounding the Epstein files, his war on Iran, and now a ‘blasphemous’ post depicting the president as Jesus, could Maga finally be pulling away? Jonathan Freedland speaks to Rolling Stone’s Nikki McCann Ramírez about the string of scandals dogging Trump, the Maga big beasts biting the hand that fed them, and what happens when a personality cult loses its personality

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Freedland

Guest: Nikki McCann Ramírez

Topics covered

• Trump's controversies
• Maga base
• blasphemy
• political scandals
• personality cults

Keywords

• Trump
• Maga
• blasphemy
• scandals
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rolling Stone, Maga, Epstein, Iran

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