GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Joseph Bolick feels betrayed by President Donald Trump. And it’s because of the war in Iran.

The 30-year-old Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran voted for Trump in 2024. But at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference gathering this week he sported a hat emblazoned with “America First” — a slogan Trump championed during his campaign, along with the promise not to start new wars in foreign countries.

“He’s lied about everything,” said Bolick. “If you go into a war where there’s no end game, how is it going to end? There’s no clear objective.”

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    20 hours ago

    This is just the 100th iteration of “this time they will really start to criticise Trump”.

    Yep. I’ve stopped thinking any straw will break the camel’s back of maga. They seem willing to accept literally any behavior from him. Every one of these articles about disillusioned trumpers never seems to have a basis in more than one or two anecdotal examples. These headlines exist only to provide copium (or maybe hopium) to the rest of us.

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      19 hours ago

      Every one of these articles about disillusioned trumpers never seems to have a basis in more than one or two anecdotal examples.

      That’s entirely a matter of perspective, or more precise here: timing.

      That wide outrage really exists. But it is very short-lived and just a case of “waiting on new instruction how to think”.