Donald Trump’s hold over the MAGA movement is no longer unchallenged. From Capitol Hill to MAGA media, his populist America First movement is fracturing from within only one year after his shock election. The recent flurry of conservative criticism of the president, following a Democratic sweep of off-year elections across the country, signals a major rupture in the ideological pact between Trump and his base, suggesting he may finally be losing credibility where it counts.

Trump built his political brand as a so-called disruptor. But as transparency demands mount on multiple fronts, he is increasingly seen as closing ranks, often defending the very systems he once railed against and unsettling his previously steadfast base of supporters. With his legacy as outsider-in-chief rapidly unrav

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