Will 2025 be the year that MAGA broke apart?

This article was originally published by Lance D. Johnson at Natural News. 

What if President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda was merely a smokescreen for him to obtain power, wealth, recognition, and fame? What if he leveraged conservative political platforms and their talking points to his advantage, but he never truly believed any of it, and wasn’t guided by any principles at all?

What if Trump rode a wave of populist sentiment, painting himself as an upstart outsider to the political establishment, while covertly working to protect the political elites (and his friends) all along? What if conservatives’ wishful thinking was tied up in a cult of personality, as they were pushed further from principle? What if real leaders of principle were excommunicated from the MAGA Trump movement once they were no longer useful to Trump’s rise to power? What if 2025 was the year MAGA broke apart, and Trump’s cult of personality was exposed?

Key points:

• • Donald Trump has launched vicious personal attacks against Representatives Rand Paul, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Thomas Massie for their efforts to release the complete Epstein client list.

• • This behavior represents a stark betrayal of core MAGA promises to expose elite pedophile rings and drain the swamp.

• • Trump’s alignment with AIPAC and foreign interests contradicts his America First rhetoric.

• • The escalating conflict reveals a fundamental division between the MAGA brand and true America First principles.

• • Trump’s petty name-calling and childish behavior demonstrate a leader increasingly disconnected from the movement that elevated him.

• • Trump’s petulance toward leaders of principle shows that he is only interested in exploiting people for his own gain.

MAGA Trump officials don’t want to be questioned on pedophilia, foreign influence (AIPAC), and debt spending

What began as a populist uprising against corrupt elites has devolved into a personality cult where principle devolved into petulance, and the quest for justice became secondary to personal vendettas. The MAGA revolution is experiencing a violent internal rupture as its leader systematically attacks the few remaining lawmakers actually fighting for the America First agenda he once championed. Trump’s attacks on Rand Paul, Thomas Massie, and MTG expose who Trump really is and what he is about. This break in the party exposes a facade that protected globalist interests and pedophiles while pretending to oppose them.

In this rupture, independent thinkers like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens are questioning foreign influence in the MAGA government, and calling out MAGA leaders for trying to coverup human trafficking and pedophilia. They now face coordinated efforts to cancel their platform and exclude them from public discourse – not by the left-wing this time – but by the MAGA officials who don’t want to be questioned or held to account.

The Epstein litmus test

The unraveling began not with policy disagreements but with a black book—the infamous Epstein client list that represents the ultimate test of political courage. For years, Trump positioned himself as the outsider who would expose the corrupt elites and deliver justice for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking network. His rallies echoed with promises to “drain the swamp” and reveal the powerful predators who exploited children with impunity.

Yet when Representatives Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene took concrete steps to fulfill this very promise by pushing for full disclosure of the Epstein client list, they encountered not support from their supposed leader but vicious retaliation. Trump took to Truth Social to label Massie a “loser” while mockingly criticizing him for remarrying “too quickly” after his first wife’s tragic death—a particularly cruel attack coming from a man on his third marriage. The president who once promised to expose elite pedophiles now attacks those actually attempting to do so.

The money trail and the mask slips

The pattern becomes clearer when following the financial pathways. While Trump brands Greene a “traitor” for putting America First, he demonstrates remarkable flexibility toward politicians who prioritize foreign interests. The contradiction becomes explicable when examining the substantial financial support flowing from pro-Israel lobbying groups to political campaigns—support that Greene and Massie have notably refused.

The political theater reaches surreal levels when considering that one of AIPAC’s major donors is Leonid Radvinsky, CEO of OnlyFans—creating the bizarre scenario where profits from amateur pornography help fund political campaigns claiming moral high grounds. Meanwhile, Trump’s White House has welcomed the very globalist figures he once vowed to confront, including vaccine-pusher Bill Gates, censorship advocate Mark Zuckerberg, and Big Pharma executive Albert Bourla.

The president’s behavior suggests a man whose allegiances have shifted from the populist base that elected him to the donor class that funds him. His childish name-calling—referring to Greene as “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene” and Massie as a “bum”—serves as emotional manipulation to distract from substantive policy disagreements. When unable to win arguments on merit, he resorts to personal attacks, demonstrating the intellectual bankruptcy of his position.

The collapse of the coalition

The consequences of this betrayal are unfolding in real time across the political landscape. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s recent announcement that she will resign from Congress in January speaks volumes about the pressures facing those who challenge the established power structures. While Trump mockingly refers to her as “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown” on social media, serious questions emerge about whether her departure stems from political retaliation or something more sinister.

In the world of Epstein-level secrets, those who approach too close to the truth often face more than political consequences. The timing of her resignation following intense advocacy for Epstein transparency raises disturbing questions about whether threats to personal or family safety influenced her decision. Meanwhile, Trump’s response—schoolyard taunts rather than concern for a former ally—reveals a profound failure of leadership.

The MAGA movement stands at a precipice. The choice is between blind loyalty to a man who has abandoned its core principles or fidelity to the America First ideology that initially inspired the movement. The evidence suggests that “Make America Great Again” was never more than a marketing slogan for Trump, while “America First” represented an actual political philosophy that he has now betrayed.

The political revolution that promised to dismantle the deep state and expose elite corruption has instead become its unwitting protector. The man who vowed to drain the swamp is now attacking those who are fighting it for real. The movement faces an existential choice: continue following a man who has clearly abandoned its principles or reclaim the America First agenda from the personality cult that has hijacked it.