MAGA Meltdown: Infighting Lets Trump Govern Like It’s Tea Time, Not Twitter
KEY POINTS
- •MAGA grassroots power is fading as influencers and activists bicker over personal feuds, diluting political focus.
- •In December 2025, Trump signed an executive order easing AI regulations despite past MAGA pushback from figures like Bannon and Greene.
- •Trump’s moves on marijuana reclassification and Venezuelan military actions received little MAGA backlash due to the base’s infighting.
In a spectacular display rivaling Real Housewives of Atlanta’s most chaotic reunion, MAGA’s mighty political machine has been reduced to feuding over everything from Candace Owens’ dramas to a podcaster’s sexuality and antisemitism. With influencers like Steve Bannon and Marjorie Taylor Greene historically blocking Trump’s AI deregulation plans, the new December 2025 executive order sneaked past them unnoticed, much like a Vegas buffet at 4 AM. Meanwhile, Trump’s almost-reclassification of marijuana—once villainized by MAGA as 'pothead culture'—now barely gets a yawn amid negligible social media stir. Toss in the subdued response to seized Venezuelan tankers and Trump’s offhand hints at troops, plus politicians shrugging off MAGA’s redistricting tantrums, and what’s left? A symbolic pardon for Colorado’s Tina Peters, who’s pooping in state jail out of Trump’s reach. CJ Pearson neatly summed it up saying the movement’s drama now drowns out policy talk faster than a Kardashian cameo. MAGA’s muscle? More like flabby bicep twitching while Trump quietly runs the show.
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Source: Axios | Published: 12/12/2025 | Author: Tal Axelrod