Aug.06

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How Trump Is Alienating Republicans

Most readers will know Michael Savage (née Michael Weiner, expert in naturalistic medicine). He is the embodiment of a certain flavor of modern American conservatism (the cultural nationalist faction, which also includes Stephen Miller). He also has a large audience of right-wing listeners (20 million people/week, at his height) that may not see eye-to-eye with him on everything, but are definitely interested in what Savage has to say.

Yesterday, Savage fired up his eX-Twitter account to share his list of the things that Donald Trump has done to alienate his voters. Here it is:

1. Escalating instead of defusing the Ukraine/Russia war
2. Pushing a bloated pork barrel spending bill and attacking Musk
3. Hiding the Epstein list
4. Firing the labor statistics chief who refused to back down
5. Unconditional support for Netanyahu's war
6. Accepting a plane from Qatar which will cost $1 billion to retrofit
7. Building a gilded ballroom in the WH

Savage added that these things will not push him, and other conservatives he's spoken to, into the Democratic camp, but they might well cause them to stay home on Election Day next year.

This is not the most important news of the day; not by a longshot. However, we run it, and in the lead position, for two reasons. First, it speaks to the sources of Trump discontent for at least some Republicans, and very possibly a substantial number of Republicans. Second, it is a pretty good framing of our coverage today (and in the last week or so). We've written recently about all of these things, except the Qatari plane, which we wrote about extensively when the bribe was paid deal was made. It's at least something of an affirmation that we're on the right track in the things we identify as political liabilities for the President. (Z)