President Donald Trump has clapped back at his fractured MAGA base after being accused of betraying his America First principles.

But the president also made a rare admission that his approval rating had fallen after a tumultuous few weeks, telling a business forum in Washington: “My poll numbers just went down” before quickly adding: “but with smart people they’ve gone way up.”

The comments come as Trump’s once unbreakable grip on his Make America Great Movement appears to be slipping over everything from affordability and skilled workers, to his halting response about the Epstein files being a “hoax.”

MAGA’s rage intensified last week when the president dismissed concerns from his base that Chinese students were taking up college places that Americans wanted.

“I know what MAGA wants

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