The Auron MacIntyre Show - The Neo-MAGA Revolution Has Arrived ｜ 7⧸17⧸25

00:00:00.000 From the very minute that Donald Trump came down the golden escalator, 0.89

00:00:19.640 the Republican establishment has hated his guts.

00:00:23.120 In the 2016 primary, the brash New York billionaire was treated by mainstream GOP leaders

00:00:29.400 and commentators as a joke responsible for degrading the political process.

00:00:35.140 As the real estate tycoon gained momentum, establishment figures had two choices.

00:00:40.340 Declare yourself never Trump or pretend to have seen the light.

00:00:44.340 Many fled to organizations like the Bulwark or the Lincoln Project, but others stayed around

00:00:49.920 waiting for their moment to recapture the Republican Party from the MAGA populists.

00:00:54.860 Now that Trump has come to define the GOP, the establishment figures who loathed him from

00:01:01.080 the very beginning have a new strategy.

00:01:03.660 If you can't beat MAGA, co-opt the movement.

00:01:07.180 The first Trump term looked more like an awkward arranged marriage than a real political administration.

00:01:13.320 The billionaire had clearly won the heart of the base and created a movement that was

00:01:18.360 largely separate from the GOP machine, but that movement wasn't ready to govern.

00:01:23.920 Wielding power in the modern United States requires an army of bureaucrats, lobbyists,

00:01:30.240 staffers, and organizations which MAGA simply did not have.

00:01:34.600 To pass legislation and operate the executive branch, Trump relied on a number of individuals

00:01:40.520 drawn from the GOP establishment, many of whom hated the president and his populist agenda.

00:01:47.500 Administration officials often worked to undermine the president.

00:01:50.660 Military leaders lied to his face, and despite some impressive achievements, Trump's presidency

00:01:56.980 was defined by a war with the hostile establishment.

00:02:01.260 With the question of electability hovering over Trump's head due to outrageous persecution by

00:02:07.200 the Biden administration, Ron DeSantis was encouraged to challenge the former president in the primaries.

00:02:13.480 Now, don't get me wrong, I like Ron DeSantis.

00:02:16.900 He's my governor and has done an amazing job, especially when it comes to defending the state

00:02:21.440 against COVID madness or recovering from hurricane disasters.

00:02:25.660 But DeSantis was just never a gifted campaigner.

00:02:28.920 I mean, he barely squeezed out a win against a man who was later found doing meth in a hotel

00:02:34.520 room with a male prostitute. 0.96

00:02:37.120 Trump, whatever his faults, is a master of the campaign trail. 1.00

00:02:40.900 And it was clear to anyone who had eyeballs that DeSantis was being walked into a meat grinder.

00:02:47.140 Many of the establishment politicians and commentators in the GOP who had decided to

00:02:52.180 bide their time instead of declaring themselves as never Trump, saw DeSantis as their opportunity

00:02:57.920 to strike.

00:02:59.260 He was bold.

00:03:00.340 He had a way of knocking down the media and press conferences and a track record of success

00:03:05.280 that hewed closer to the establishment line.

00:03:07.580 DeSantis was also more disciplined and less likely to veer into the unapproved rhetoric

00:03:13.740 that angered the establishment.

00:03:16.120 Most importantly, the Florida governor was not under indictment.

00:03:20.060 The elements of the Republican Party that had always hated Trump flocked to DeSantis.

00:03:25.140 The money poured in.

00:03:26.420 The consultants and campaign flacks got a paycheck.

00:03:29.380 There's only one problem.

00:03:31.160 The DeSantis campaign was a disaster.

00:03:33.700 After the governor's inevitable loss, the anti-Trump Republicans staggered away, tending to their

00:03:39.820 wounded pride and trying to decide what in the world to do next.

00:03:43.620 After surviving an assassination attempt and defeating Kamala Harris, it became clear that

00:03:48.660 Trump now defined the GOP, and the idea that he could just be simply swapped out for another

00:03:53.840 establishment Republican was, well, clearly absurd.

00:03:57.760 MAGA couldn't be defeated by the same old Republican pablum about small government and lower

00:04:02.980 taxes, so the only option left for the establishment was to redefine MAGA itself.

00:04:09.180 One of Trump's greatest strengths has always been his ability to break from the same tired

00:04:13.960 ideological boilerplate and offer a vision that considers the well-being of the average American.

00:04:20.960 Despite being largely driven by Trump's own charisma, the MAGA movement has had a few

00:04:26.180 critical pillars including economic populism, immigration, and more restrained foreign policy.

00:04:32.640 The first few months of the billionaire's second term presented a flurry of victories as the

00:04:38.980 administration shut down government agencies, challenged birthright citizenship, and began

00:04:44.060 deporting the worst illegal aliens. The blitz of executive orders and decisive actions left 1.00

00:04:50.020 progressives reeling and MAGA supporters elated. It also left the establishment GOP confused about

00:04:56.080 how to worm their way back into power. As impressive as Trump's opening salvo was,

00:05:01.840 political realities will always create tension between a leader and his supporters.

00:05:07.140 The president carried out a strike on Iran at the request of Israel, which Prime Minister

00:05:12.280 Benjamin Netanyahu then rapidly repaid by ignoring Trump's calls on social media for Israel not to

00:05:19.020 violate their ceasefire agreements. Trump began floating the possibility of amnesty for illegals,

00:05:25.440 working in the farming and hospitality industries. The DOJ and FBI claimed that Jeffrey Epstein had

00:05:32.360 never blackmailed anyone, had not been murdered, and that there was no list of his clients.

00:05:38.280 This was particularly disturbing because Attorney General Pam Bondi and Director of the FBI,

00:05:44.580 Kash Patel, had built their reputations with the MAGA base specifically by promising that the evidence

00:05:52.180 condemning Epstein did exist and would be exposed. The last few weeks have naturally put a strain on the

00:05:59.340 president's relationship with some of his most ardent supporters, and that turned out to be the opening

00:06:04.680 that establishment Republicans needed. A new form of Trump supporters suddenly appeared on the scene

00:06:10.940 to redefine what MAGA means. This neo-MAGA contingent is made up almost entirely of people who never liked

00:06:18.400 Trump and were dedicated DeSantis supporters. Many worked directly for the governor. Despite their

00:06:25.020 previous defection, these pundits and political operators now characterize themselves as the

00:06:31.120 president's most loyal supporters. The neo-MAGA contingent spent all of their time lecturing Trump

00:06:38.000 supporters about their lack of faith in a politician that they despised just a few months ago.

00:06:44.680 MAGA never meant stepping back from an unnecessary foreign conflict. It meant regime change in Iran.

00:06:51.500 MAGA never meant deporting all the illegal aliens. It was only about removing a few gang members and

00:06:57.340 drug dealers. MAGA never cared about the Epstein files that probably never existed anyway.

00:07:03.500 Just trust the people who built careers on promising to reveal corruption that they now claim

00:07:08.880 never existed. And the whole just trust the staff the president appointed line is particularly hilarious

00:07:15.480 as most of the neo-MAGA influencers and politicians were viciously attacking the president's appointment

00:07:22.040 of Steve Whitcoff as one of his chief negotiators because he was not seen as sufficiently pro-Israel.

00:07:28.700 Despite what many detractors, both Republican and Democrat, have claimed, MAGA is not a cult.

00:07:35.840 They are loyal to Trump as a leader, but do not hesitate to speak out if they believe that one

00:07:42.140 of the core pillars of the movement is being threatened. Those who despised Trump from the

00:07:47.240 outset and dropped him for DeSantis now see a way to insinuate themselves back into the administration.

00:07:54.420 By using the current friction between the administration and Trump's loyal base,

00:07:58.840 the neo-MAGA crowd is looking to redefine the movement back to the centrist GOP slop that they've

00:08:05.600 been selling for years while painting themselves as the true believers. Whatever disagreements

00:08:11.560 existed between Trump and MAGA, both parties should be wary of those looking to use the current friction

00:08:18.400 to undermine what gained the president such a loyal following in the first place.

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The Auron MacIntyre Show - July 17, 2025

The Neo-MAGA Revolution Has Arrived ｜ 7⧸17⧸25

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