Since that fateful day in November 2024 when the Red Wave took control of every branch of the federal government, I’ve held onto the belief that Republicans were sure to rip each other apart in less than a few years.
We’ve seen some strife amongst the GOP over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal-Gate slip-up, the wars we have been [inevitably] thrust into by our “No-More-Wars” president, or any number of countless transgressions committed by the party’s leaders.
But mostly, the criticism has been from those outside the GOP.
The NAACP – for the first time in its history – called for invocation of the 25th Amendment. The 25th Amendments primary use almost always has been to temporarily defer power in the event of medical procedures and emergencies. Never has it been used to involuntarily strip the powers of the president from the man holding the office.
We’ve also recently seen increasing calls for the Trump-appointed cabinet to remove him.
The NAACP wasn’t the only entity to call for Trump’s removal. Ex-CIA director John Brennan, former GOP U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and dozens of Democrats called for it after social media post in which he declared, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”
And while that’s shocking to hear from anyone, it’s unprecedented to hear such a brazen phrase of genocide thrown around by the man who is the head of what may be the most powerful country in the world.
Cracks are showing in the GOP. CNN reports that since January, Trump’s approval rating amongst Republicans has fallen nine percentage points – from 53% – and 14 percentage points on his handling of the economy.
And the worst of the economic hardships have yet to hit. The average speed of an oil tanker is 10-15 miles an hour, a fast-jogging pace for some of my sprier readers. This means the consequences of the Strait of Hormuz’s closing haven’t even begun to reach us. With cargo ships crossing oceans at the pace of a car in a school-zone, it still may be a few months before we feel it.
But we will feel it, and when we feel it, Trump’s approval will take another nosedive, possibly sharper than what we’ve seen before.
To a fanatical fanbase, all these problems are small enough to still stand by Trump, but after the morning of April 13, things are due for a change.
Trump took to social media with another bit of AI-generated media [which is an issue unto itself] and posted a picture of him as Jesus healing a man.
Naturally, the background was composed of nationalist-feeling imagery to appeal to Americans, but the effect was lost and the consequences are being felt. He took the photo down just a few hours later.
This is seemingly a part of his own weird, twisted war on religion. While Republicans have made a habit of appropriating Christianity for their benefit, Trump is taking this to new heights. In a “truth” posted to Truth Social, Trump attacked the Pope, saying, “Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy.”
It may not be the brightest move, as ex-Rep. Greene called it anti-Christ behavior, and many other Christians are coming forward asking if this may be the case.
At this point, Trump is lashing out at his base and scrambling for cover from the fire he created all while hundreds of thousands of innocents and victims ask again for what he promised.
No More Wars.
