President Donald Trump risks losing his most emboldened MAGA supporters because of his maddening Truth Social posts.
Trump has used the social media platform to criticize political opponents, issue threats to world leaders, and announce endorsements for political candidates. More recently, he has used his Truth Social account to issue threats to Iran, with the war between the Middle Eastern country and the United States set to enter its seventh week of conflict.
Professor Anthony Glees, a political professor at the University of Buckingham, says the constant barrage of Trump posts has angered his core support, who may now abandon him ahead of the midterm elections.
Glees told Raw Story, "The last thing Trump wants to do is put US boots on the ground; the casualties would be massive and US public opinion would mean he'd be impeached. So he has to settle. He knows his MAGA base is deserting him.
"The folks who largely elected him because he did promise no overseas 'forever wars' and because he said there'd be an end to US boots on the ground, are now turning against him big time. That's unhinged, and it has terrified his own supporters as much as it terrified ordinary Iranians, although I doubt if it worried either the ayatollahs or the IRGC commanders."
Glees also referenced a post made by Trump on April 7, where Trump ordered the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened. A post made earlier this week by Trump saw the president promise to open the Strait of Hormuz permanently.
Trump wrote, "China is very happy that I am permanently opening the Strait of Hormuz. I am doing it for them, also - And the World. This situation will never happen again. They have agreed not to send weapons to Iran.
"President Xi will give me a big, fat, hug when I get there in a few weeks. We are working together smartly, and very Well! Doesn't that beat fighting??? BUT REMEMBER, we are very good at fighting, if we have to - far better than anyone else!!!"
Glees added, "The peace will stick more or less because both sides want it. The ayatollahs and the IRGC get to carry on running Iran (they are the bad side of evil of course), and Trump gets to avoid impeachment.
"Why does Trump want a peace deal with Iran? Because he's not winning, he's losing the war. Iran is not finished, and it currently has the world's economy in a stranglehold."