As of 11/3/2026 the far-right, ultra-pro-Trump, MAGA movement is dead..it died that night as the election results poured in sweeping the Democrats into power in Congress.
But, before I get too far down the road…the Tea Party was an awesome movement! It was the perfect remedy for a very sick America. The Tea Party movement, which emerged in the United States in 2009, had a clear mission:
To restore limited constitutional government, reduce federal spending and taxation, and return political power from Washington to the American people.
Its principal objectives were:
- Limited government: Reduce the size, authority, and reach of the federal government.
- Fiscal responsibility: Cut federal spending, reduce deficits, and control the national debt.
- Lower taxes: Oppose tax increases and policies viewed as placing excessive financial burdens on Americans.
- Constitutional government: Require the federal government to operate within the powers granted by the Constitution.
- Individual liberty: Protect personal freedoms and reduce government interference in private life.
- Political accountability: Challenge established politicians, including Republicans, who supported excessive spending or expanding federal authority.
And that is exactly what the country needed…and the Tea Party was delivering…big time!
The problems started showing up as Tea Party candidates started getting elected to office, headed to Washington, and then got absorbed into the traditional Republican Party. Once that happened those candidates were doomed to becoming just another pawn in the establishment Republican Party.
By 2014 an influx of Republicans began internal leadership issues within the movement. And then came Trump in 2015. Senator Rand Paul, himself part of the Tea Party movement, described the change this way:
“We aren’t organized around ideas anymore. We’re organized around a person.”
Once the cult of personality took hold around Trump, the Tea Party disintegrated and the MAGA crowd took over…and the mission, principles, and objectives of the Tea Party were gone forever at the hands of traditional Republican operatives and Trump sycophants.
You have to remember this…
The Tea Party was primarily an anti-tax, anti-spending, and limited-government grass-roots movement. Billionaire involvement in the Tea Party came only after the Republican Party organized it on the national level…the movement died shortly after the billionaire takeover.
The Tea Party formed as a result of 8 years of a Republican president.
The Tea Party is far, far different that the MAGA movement of today!
MAGA is primarily a pro-Trump pro-tax, pro-spending, pro-war, pro-authoritarian movement funded primarily by billionaires.
First off…here are the major donors to MAGA (please note who they are and what their backgrounds are):
Next comes the pro-tax…2025 & 2026 have seen the largest movement of income tax from individuals to the federal government. Yup, more money has been taken from US tax payers in the last two years than at any time in US history. Ask yourself this…
Wouldn’t it be better to leave working tax payers’ money in the hands of those who earned it?
And then there is spending…In 2025 & 2026 the US federal government spent more than $7trillion each year…the most is history. Under Trump’s 6 years…$10trillion in budget deficits. The largest budget deficits of any president in US history. Trump has added more to the current national debt than any previous president.
I find this especially interesting…A government can become smaller in personnel while becoming more centralized, interventionist, and powerful in its exercise of authority. Trump, with MAGA support, has expanded government in terms of government, continually increased its responsibilities, authority, and reach. Non-political entities have found that under Trump in the last two years there has been an increase in centralized government (i.e. Presidential Executive Orders, etc.), interventionist government (domestically & internationally), and authoritarian government (i.e. use of military forces domestically, etc.).
MAGA is no Tea Party.
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Trump’s policies, economic disaster, chaotic leadership, and personal arrogance swayed the 2026 mid-terms like little we’ve ever seen before. If Democrats gain holds, it will be an 88 seat swing in the House. That is historic in nature…a landslide of disapproval of Trump specifically and rejection of Republicans in general.
Bottom line…Trump got spanked. Yup, that plain and simple…spanked bad!
You can smell the stench of political death In Washington DC. Changes are already being made…Trump’s staff are already jumping ship and some are getting axed. And it will get worse…really, really worse. Heads will roll…and it is just getting started.
And when Trump appointed Stephen Miller as his new Chief of Staff…oh boy! Miller is a freak…a true Trump groupie beyond imagination. He is one sick individual that can’t see reality if it was right in front of him. He is a hardcore authoritarian.
His appointment tells you Trump has no intention of understanding what happened November 3rd. Trump is still caught up in his delusion of who he thinks he is vs who he really is vs how people see him for who he is.
And yes, I’ve heard the rumors too… allegedly (according to some rumors) Stephen Miller is Trump’s handler for Israel. Yes, Stephen Miller is Jewish; and yes, he has traveled to Israel. Yes, he has met with Jewish leaders here in the US. But no, I can’t confirm with any credible evidence that Miller is Trump’s Israeli handler.
“A person with a persistent, pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and impaired empathy that causes significant difficulties in relationships or functioning. A person with strong narcissistic traits may interpret disagreement or criticism not simply as a difference of opinion, but as a personal attack on their importance or superiority.” Yeah, that is the definition of a recognized mental health condition. Ring any bells?
Right now, as of this writing, MAGA represents about 60% of the Republican Party membership. As the defeatist dust settles more and more Republicans are going to see Trump and specifically MAGA for what it is…and MAGA will die a slow, agonizing, fading away death. As it should.
Well, as it should if the Republicans have any hope or desire of becoming politically relevant again.
Oddly enough, as more and Republicans leave their party…MAGA may well grow in their control of the Republican Party. And that will reduce the party’s relevance even more. Since Trump became president in 2025 membership in the Republican Party has dropped by almost 10%. Imagine that!
Oh, by the way…Joe Gruters is the chairman of the Republican National Committee. He took charge of the RNC on August 22, 2025. He was put into that office by Trump.
So Trump takes office as president…his boy takes charge of the RNC…and Republicans start leaving the party immediately…in large numbers. Actually, about 15% of MAGA Republicans didn’t even vote in the mid-terms…disenfranchised to say the least.
Within 5 years, maybe even before the 2028 presidential election, MAGA and the Republicans will fade into virtual irrelevancy. And none too soon!
But what comes next?
Trump will be gone after January 2029, or sooner if Dems have their way. MAGA will die, or at least fade away, along with the weird cult fever surrounding Trump. Here’s the significant part…there is no strong Republican-MAGA contender for president in 2028…none! Actually, there is no reasonable Republican candidate of any note for president on the horizon.
So what happens next…the US gets a Dem for president in 2028. Oh, boy…that will be a disaster.
And more than likely, the Dems will hold control of Congress. And that means a wave of liberal/progressive federal judges…including a liberal/progressive SCOTUS judge or two is coming.
You think it was bad in 2025 & 2026…just wait…that will be a picnic compared to Trump induced political Dark Ages under Democrat Party control. If the numbers hold…the 2026 mid-terms lost the better part of a generation, maybe two, of potential Republican voters.
Here are some interesting numbers…the younger the voter the more likely they are to vote Democrat vs Republican. And the younger the voter the larger that pro-Democrat margin gets. By the time it hits the 18 – 29 year old group…they are overwhelmingly pro-Democrat by 40%.
Yeah, the numbers are truly frightening…in just 15 years from now Democrats appear will hold a HUGE voter block margin that simply will not be able to be overcome by Republicans. And that just might be a good thing!
A potentially GREAT thing!!!
Let me explain…right now the country’s political make-up is pretty much 1/3 Republican, 1/3 Democrat, and 1/3 Independent. Pretty evenly split by the looks of it.
Now, we also know that the voters, all US citizens actually, are looking for leadership that cares about the needs and wants of average Americans. Think if the right group of principled people came along and got a loud enough voice. Something along the lines of restore limited constitutional government, reduce federal spending and taxation, and return political power from Washington to the American people.
You know…the stuff that neither major political party believes in.
They could capture the Independent voter block pretty easily. Then I could also see the few good folks in the Republican Party jumping ship to the new movement as well. And believe it or not…there are a few good Dems looking that would also embrace the right political movement.
It would not take long before a new political movement took hold and could restore America with honorable people, ethical conduct, and Constitutional principles.
Think of it…as MAGA fades away into obscurity and the Republican Party becomes irrelevant…wouldn’t it be nice to find some decent principled folks that just want to do the right thing and have the morals and courage to succeed at it?
Think of it this way…you no longer having to vote for the lessor of two evils.
What will hold that back from happening are 3 groups of people; 1) the Democrat Party leadership, 2) the Republican Party leadership, 3) the ultra-rich elites. All three despise average Americans and have no intention of allowing us to have power of any consequence.
Wouldn’t it be great if we proved them all wrong.
What do you think? Share your thoughts.