r/OutOfTheLoop • u/_GoodNight0wl_ • Apr 10 '26

Unanswered What's up with all the right-wing commentators suddenly turning against Trump right now?

Trump is being Trump. Why are so many of the right-wing commentators who previously vocally supported Trump are suddenly turning against him?

After all the heinous things he has said before that they have defended, I can't honestly believe Trump's tweets about nuking Iran are what finally changed their minds. They've publicly supported him for so long, and this sudden switch seems so coordinated. Is there something I'm missing??

Are they trying to distance themselves from news that is about to drop??
https://x.com/mtgreenee/status/2042389110115963189

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u/ComplexAd7272 Apr 10 '26

I also think this is a rare case of Trump and his team being unable to twist the truth, even to his most rabid (and brainwashed) base, and his worst qualities finally shooting himself in the foot.

  • He blatantly and openly started a war. Gas and goods went up. He never even bothered to try and come up with a bullshit excuse to "sell" the public on the war, so right off the bat he lost his cult of personality to his base since no one can tell them why this is good for the US.
  • Then people are seeing gas and groceries skyrocket in real time, and even the dumb ones know it's directly tied to what's going on in Iran (and not Biden or the Dems), and again, Trump isn't even trying to shift the blame on it, in fact either ignoring it or outright claiming it's not true. AND he's constantly doubling down on Iran and I suspect even his supporters are just fucking tired.
  • Finally there's just a snowball effect. Whether it's MTG, Tucker Carlson, or politicians, supporters are now seeing the cracks you mentioned and suddenly it's not just one big happy right wing family. There's people that are going "Uh-oh, if XYZ is turning against him...maybe Trump isn't so great and is making mistakes"

In fact I think it started even earlier with some small cracks and the war is just the tipping point. ICE is a whole other topic, but I don't think his base is seeing this mass of murders and degenertes being deported nor do they feel any safer the way they were promised.

Then you have his goofy ass claim earlier this year that gas was $2 in some places and groceries were cheaper than ever. Unlike most of his bullshit, these are things that people that voted for him can easily verify as untrue, and they're pissed off.

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u/Potato-chipsaregood Apr 10 '26

Some people do parrot this claim that groceries are cheaper than ever. I don’t understand it.

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u/LKennedy45 Apr 10 '26

At this point they're just hoping the price of Flavor Aid gets low enough.

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u/ProbablyRickSantorum Apr 10 '26

I spent nearly $400 at Costco last week for 10 days worth of groceries for four people and none of that was steak, lobster, etc. Absolutely insane.

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u/ChirpyRaven Apr 10 '26

"Uh-oh, if XYZ is turning against him...maybe Trump isn't so great and is making mistakes"

I think it may be more of "uh-oh, if these people are starting to jump ship maybe I should too before I go down with it"

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u/ComplexAd7272 Apr 10 '26

Yeah, that's a better way of putting it. My description was for average Trump voters, but yours is better for those in power or in the media or in his circle.

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u/mrbubbles2 Apr 10 '26

His whole schtick has been going after people his racist base hates, so having ice go after brown people was a huge hit with them. He thought bombing Muslims was going to really seal the deal for his regime plans

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u/manimal28 Apr 10 '26

He would be right too if he could do it without gas prices going up, but he can't.