Thread by @ariehkovler

So, I think we'll see Trump announce a 2024 run in the next couple of days, to keep himself relevant and in the news. But...

There's a lot of anger in the MAGA base against Trump himself. They believed him when he said the election was stolen. They believed he'd overturn the result.

The core MAGA crowd were excited to see what Trump had planned to stay in office and make "liberals' heads explode". They trusted the plan.

Now they feel betrayed. They don't understand what the the big rally was for.

https://twitter.com/ariehkovler/status/1346983743202992129

Just as they were angry at Barr, McConnell and Pence, I'm seeing a lot of them feel like *Trump himself* is betraying the country by leaving office. They think he cucked out.

"If Trump was a genuine patriot hero, how could he let the vote stealers win and hand the country over to the Chinese Communist Party and Antifa?"

Some of them are thinking that maybe Trump was never "the One". Maybe, say, Mike Flynn is their guy.

Clearly most of Trump's base is not this ultrahardcore MAGA, and Trump will continue to be a powerful, popular figure in American conservatism. The 138 GOP members who voted to reject the PA result shows that.

Bottom line, though, in MAGA world, today was the day Trump lost. Even if they think the election was rigged, he still lost. He's a loser now.