Jilted MAGA see Trump's new merch as tokens of his disdain for them: Analyst

A number of Trump supporters are finally starting to grow tired of his act and see him as only out for himself, Bulwark policy editor Ashley Parker told MS NOW's Katy Tur on Wednesday — and this is exemplified by his release of commemorative $12,000 gold coins for the UFC fight planned for the White House lawn.

"Is this a contradictionTrump is not getting inenriching himself whileAmericans are struggling?" asked Tur. "Imean, does he not see the sortof side-by-side?"

"The grifting, corruption isnothing particularly new forthis president or for Americanvoters to experience for thispresident," said Parker, adding that he has been merchandising and cutting deals off the presidency to make himself money ever since his first term. The difference now, she said, is that "voters ... including some whowere part of that broad andimpressive coalition that gothim back into the White Housein 2024, they are less willingto give him grace on thingslike this."

These voters, she said, "know how much gascosts, they know how much moneythey have in their checkingaccounts at the end of themonth, or how much they don't have. They know what prices are,they know where their wages are,and they're struggling."

So when these voters see something like a five-figure gold coin for sale to commemorate a Trump event, Parker continued, "it now becomes almost aphysical golden token of theway that they feel. He does notcare about them and only caresabout himself."

This sort of thing, she said, is also why Trump's White House ballroom project has been so resonant and controversial. "These things like the WhiteHouse ballroom, like the UFCfight, like these ratherexpensive coins, frankly, aresuch a political problem forhim right now."

All of this comes as local activists in D.C. file legal action to try to stop Trump's UFC event from taking place altogether.

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