MAGA – Breaking Up Is Hard
Peter Zeihan
4 min
Russia is using extreme right-wing figures to break the American political system by targeting the now-dominant MAGA movement, which Trump fails to recognize. MAGA faces the end as a unified political force.
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Donald Trump
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Vladimir Putin
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
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Tucker Carlson
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Key points
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Extreme right-wing figures have suddenly turned against Trump.
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These figures have lied to their followers for a long time.
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This simultaneous switch suggests an organized Russian effort.
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Russia funnels propaganda through these figures to their followers.
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Trump is easy for Putin to manipulate.
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Russia aims to break the American political system's capacity to function.
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MAGA is now the most powerful force in American politics.
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Russia targets MAGA to create a rift between it and the president.
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Trump assumes these figures worship him, which is false.
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The Republican Party may already be over.
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MAGA faces the end as a unified political force.
Who and where
People · 4
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Donald Trump 8
President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
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Vladimir Putin 7
President of the Russian Federation
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Marjorie Taylor Greene 1
American politician
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Tucker Carlson 1
American conservative political commentator (born 1969)
Photo 4
1. Photo: Daniel Torok, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · Wikidata · redrawn in our house style (Donald Trump)
2. Photo: Пресс-служба Президента России, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Wikidata · redrawn in our house style (Vladimir Putin)
3. Photo: House Creative Services, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · Wikidata · redrawn in our house style (Marjorie Taylor Greene)
4. Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Wikidata · redrawn in our house style (Tucker Carlson)
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