Donald Trump's massive accumulation of wealth in his second term has some of his most ardent defenders throwing up their hands and lambasting the president over his greed and "shamelessness," according to a report.
MS NOW's Juliana McShane wrote, "One-time MAGA mouthpieces" have reached their limit in support of the president and are not holding back over the billions the president and his family have accumulated, in some cases at the expense of conservative voters who put their trust in him.
The breaking point came with Trump's newly released financial disclosures, which revealed more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency income last year and more than $2 billion in total earnings. For longtime Trump backers, the numbers represented a bridge too far.
The defections from the MAGA ecosystem have been swift and public and deep, wrote McShane, pointing to former Fox News host Megyn Kelly recently calling the Trump family "grifty" during a Sky News Australia interview, drawing direct parallels to Hunter Biden's controversies.
"There's been, like, story after story about all the money his sons are making off of the government, these government contracts they're getting, all that," Kelly complained. "I can't stand that stuff and I love his sons, OK? So I say this as a true fan of theirs, but I didn't like it when Hunter Biden was doing it and I don't like it when the Trumps are doing it."
The report adds that conservative media institutions have also piled on. Both the Wall Street Journal's editorial board and The Free Press published bitter critiques of Trump's financial enrichment in office.
"There is no modern parallel for the scale and shamelessness with which the president is enriching himself in office," The Free Press editorial board wrote.
Far-right podcaster Candace Owens questioned the family's insatiable appetite for wealth accumulation, asking, "How much more does the Trump family need? How much more money do you guys need? When is enough enough?"
White nationalist Nick Fuentes delivered an even harsher verdict, accusing Trump of defrauding supporters through the $TRUMP meme coin sales that generated $600 million, according to the report.
"The president of the United States scammed his supporters out of $600 million," Fuentes stated. "The entire 'Trump movement' is a scam."
GOP strategist Mike Madrid, co-founder of the Lincoln Project, captured the broader sentiment: "Trump fatigue syndrome has set in—they're done with him."
