Feeling deceived by their party and a president who deserted them, Magats are furious and have begun to eat their own.

When such major GOP influencers as Marjorie Taylor Greene, Laura Loomer, Tucker Carlson, Matt Walsh, and Steve Bannon (among others) publicly express outrage against this administration’s actions, we know that something’s stewing and rotten inside.

Driving the most recent hellabaloo is Trump’s decision, announced by his defense (“war”) secretary, Pete Hegseth, that the USA would allow Qatar to build a military base in Idaho.

The move comes months after Trump accepted a luxury Boeing 747 from the Qatari government, which drew criticism from both Democrats and Republicans, including Loomer.

In an executive order, Trump also declared that the United States will regard any attack on Qatar’s territory, sovereignty or critical infrastructure “as a threat to the peace and security of the United States” itself. Quite notably, the language of the executive order closely resembles the security guarantee that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) gives to member countries. (Qatar is not a NATO member).

MAGA feels betrayed.

Many conservative commentators questioned how the move is aligned with Trump’s “America First” agenda.

“There isn’t a single Trump supporter who supports allowing Qatar to have a military base on US soil,” argued Loomer. “I don’t know who told President Trump this was a good idea, but it has made people not want to vote. This is the type of thing I would expect from a President Ilhan Omar.”

Conservative commentator Amy Malek wrote in an X post: “Qatar has spent $100 billion buying influence in the U.S., and it’s paying off. I am in shock that Washington would approve a deal letting Qatar, Hamas’s #1 financier, open a Qatari Air Force facility on U.S. soil. Qatar bankrolls Hamas, ISIS, the Taliban, al-Nusra, and the Muslim Brotherhood. This isn’t ‘shared defense goals.’ It’s a shared delusion. We’re not building peace. We’re building a launchpad for the Islamic disaster.”

Conservative radio show host Mark Levin wrote in an X post: “I never dreamed of anything like this. We’ve not only agreed to go to war for Qatar but they’re now building an air force facility in our country. Shocking.”

Alexander Duncan, a Texas Republican Senate candidate, said in another X post: “Qatar is not an ally. Qatar is an Islamic State ruled by Sharia. Qatar has the same ultimate objective as the rest of Islam: to conquer the entire world until it is all under one Islamic State (Caliphate) ruled by Sharia.”

Trump himself earlier had condemned Qatar. In June 2017, Trump said Qatar “has historically been a funder of terrorism at a very high level” and supported a blockade against the country, led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE. 

A Qatar military base in the USA is only the latest in a series of actions taken by this felon in the White House that defy the Constitution, breaking laws, conventions, and convictions long held sacred by this country.

This isn’t an America anyone voted for.

MAGA, Trump’s base, holds him contemptible for lying and breaking promises made during his campaign to release the entire Epstein file. Since then, however, he’s employed every evasive tactic–including ignoring and firing essential personnel who strongly advised him against pushing his appointed admins for grudge and retribution indictments against such notables as former FBI chief James Comey,  New York Attorney General Letitia James, Fulton County (GA) District Attorney Fani Willis, former Trump National Security Advisor turned Trump critic John Bolton, and California Senator Adam Schiff.

Trump isn’t even hiding what he’s doing: the evidence is in his September 20 post addressed to Attorney General Pam Bondi which mentions Comey, James, and California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff. “They impeached me twice, and indicted me (5 times!), OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!” Trump wrote.

MAGA isn’t alone in its anger against Trump & Company’s actions.

• The vast majority of Americans, including Republicans and those who identify as strong supporters of President Donald Trump, want Congress to renew the enhanced tax credits for people who buy their health insurance from the Affordable Care Act Marketplace.

Holding health care for Americans hostage, Democrats, Independents, and several Republican members of Congress are aghast at what the government shutdown can do to the USA’s stability … financial and family-wise.

Trump’s response – laying off even more essential employees from “Democratic” programs, departments, and agencies – isn’t helping, especially when increasing numbers of Americans are having difficulty getting their already earned Social Security payments.

• Tariffs forcing Americans and countries worldwide to pay more for essential goods and services are the province of Congress … not the Executive Branch. Yet Trump has stamped and stampeded his will on these taxes, driving up “kitchen table” matters like the cost of living, rather than lowering them as promised.
  
• Seeing armed and masked military causing havoc in the streets of such major cities as Los Angeles, DC, Chicago, Portland, Memphis (with others targeted to come), is provoking outrage throughout the country and around the world. Innocent people, law-abiding immigrants, and USA citizens are caught up in the carnage caused by unidentified men rounding them up, taking them down, and deporting them to places unknown.

Their devil-may-acre attitude with all of its trappings is horrifying many, including clergy caught up in the web. A federal agent firing pepper balls at protesters outside the ICE processing center in the Chicago suburb of Broadview last month struck a praying pastor in the head. Said another protesting pastor, “It’s like the gates of hell crashing against the kingdom of heaven.”

That’s why millions of Americans protest daily, culminating on October 18th with thousands of “No Kings” marches (referred to as “Hate America” riots by prominent Republicans and their newscasters) across the country, the Atlantic, and around the world.

• Along with many Democrats, Independents and a few on the other side of the aisle, I find the insolence and arrogance of Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and RFK Jr. while testifying before congressional oversight committees revolting.

Bondi and Patel have politicized the USA’s Justice Department and FBI, while RFK Jr. has cut programs keeping Americans healthy, hearty, and hale.

• Blackmail and intimidation are being used against the legal profession, educational institutions, government employees, our judicial system, and private citizens.
  
• Increasingly, “insurrection” and “insurrectionists” are words used by this administration, preparing the nation for Martial Law.
  
• Redistricting is held every ten years, following the official Census, not midterm for partisan favors initiated by the president and counter-balanced by states blue and red.

With lawmakers on a continuing hiatus, ignoring their roles and responsibilities as well as their constituents as dear leader assumes ever more control, “taxation without representation” is taking on a renewed meaning.

Millions of Americans are protesting daily, culminating on October 18th with thousands of “No Kings” marches (referred to as “Hate America” riots by prominent Republicans and their newscasters) across the country, the Atlantic, and around the world. Marches like these will continue over and again.

What else can we do to stop Trump’s march toward fanatical fascism?

Petition for impeachment hearings against not only Trump, but his entire team. The Constitution gives Congress the power to impeach federal officials: The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. (Article II, Section 4). They’re all guilty!

► By all and every means, protest.

► Join organizations and online groups whose causes and concerns align with yours. There’s strength in numbers!

► Thousands of lawsuits, including 20 brought by states and at least 190 active cases are challenging Trumpian actions. Support them.

► Demand an independent investigation into how Trump “won” (or stole) the 2024 election. Many people wiser than me believe Trump conspired with Putin and Musk (et al) to put Trump over the top.

► Refuse to pay federal taxes. Are your elected officials truly representing you?

► Begin now to support candidates of your choice for the 2026 midterm elections.

► Petition for impeachment hearings against not only Trump, but his entire team. The Constitution gives Congress the power to impeach federal officials: The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. (Article II, Section 4).

They’re all guilty!