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BumRushDaShow

(170,379 posts)
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 06:15 PM 12 hrs ago

Trump gets warning huge MAGA exodus was triggered by Jesus meme: 'Watch the numbers'

Source: Raw Story

April 13, 2026 7:48AM ET


Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei was left absolutely flabbergasted that Donald Trump harshly attacked the Pope on Sunday — and then doubled down hours later by posting a picture of himself as Jesus Christ on Truth Social. With the president leaving the Trump-as-Jesus meme up on Truth Social, the longtime political journalist claimed on MSNOW's "Morning Joe" that the damage was already done with the president's religious base — and even some MAGA fans who aren't religious.

According to VandeHei, Trump’s approval numbers are now set to collapse even further because the president has given some of his supporters fresh reason to abandon him. “Whether it's a joke or not, most people who are faithful don't take their faith as a joke,” he warned. “None of this stuff happens overnight. It tends to trickle, trickle, trickle. But I think he is playing with fire with the base. And if you look at where he is standing, I think he should be worried.”

“I'm surprised his advisors didn't say, ‘Come on, man.’ Like, it's at some point you're pushing this too far. Your favorable ratings are already relatively low,” he said. “Morning Joe’”co-host Jonathan Lemire called the two posts “madness” and remarked, “I think Trump's not used to, he's not used to sharing the stage with anyone. And Pope Leo has been a very quiet figure in his first month in the Vatican. That has now changed.”

“Watch the numbers,” Vandehei predicted. “The trajectory is not great for Donald Trump. He's losing young Americans. He's losing Hispanics. He's losing all of the MAGA podcasters with the biggest audiences.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-pope-jesus/

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Trump gets warning huge MAGA exodus was triggered by Jesus meme: 'Watch the numbers' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago OP
Trump, and all his insiders.. Escape 12 hrs ago #1
Worry about the coming election,... magicarpet 12 hrs ago #5
Any such attempt needs to be overwhelmed by sheer numbers. the nelm 10 hrs ago #19
Will they show up... Scully 9 hrs ago #25
Well, whatever they did for Orban didn't work, so maybe there is hope. travelingthrulife 11 hrs ago #12
So for gawd's sake the 2, 3, 5% decline in his support from this blunder! Don't piss and moan! mpcamb 9 hrs ago #32
They always have a lot of faith in their propaganda machine Stargleamer 9 hrs ago #29
That's the most concerning thing about Trump in regard to the midterms. wnylib 44 min ago #40
Exodus to where or to whom? Maybe some wannabe will risk it all and say "I'm TRUE MAGA!" Doubtful dutch777 12 hrs ago #2
Hopefully... 2naSalit 12 hrs ago #3
Good thought! The rocks they used to live under have been getting lonely anyway. dutch777 12 hrs ago #6
"It means they just won't vote at all" Wednesdays 12 hrs ago #8
Exactly my worry Miguelito Loveless 12 hrs ago #9
But that shouldn't matter! MyOwnPeace 9 hrs ago #24
Today may be Trump's Lonesome Roads moment: no_hypocrisy 12 hrs ago #4
Nazis never went away. They all just kept to their closets and basements till Rush and the rest urged them to come out. pecosbob 12 hrs ago #7
I'll believe it when I see it. nycbos 11 hrs ago #10
If I had a dollar for every time I thought to myself "He's really screwed the pooch this time" Midnight Writer 11 hrs ago #11
I mean I thought it was when he came down the escalator. yardwork 9 hrs ago #34
MAGA exit...remember in 2024 agingdem 11 hrs ago #13
More likely they will believe he actually IS Jesus thought crime 9 hrs ago #26
man of god vs man of WTF. pansypoo53219 11 hrs ago #14
Trump doesn't care. Aussie105 10 hrs ago #15
Yep, he tossed them under the bus as soon as their vote for him was counted. Talitha 10 hrs ago #16
that IS the truth Jimmy76 10 hrs ago #22
Jim Jones, David Koresh, infamous cult leaders from America's past Aussie105 10 hrs ago #17
I'll start getting excited about numbers when there's enough votes to impeach and convict..... groundloop 10 hrs ago #18
Jim must have missed MW67 10 hrs ago #20
get lost jeebus, white xtians have a new saviour nt msongs 10 hrs ago #21
New Diagnosis stillspkg 9 hrs ago #23
This is what a Trump "come to Jesus" moment looks like thought crime 9 hrs ago #27
I saw it in 2015 LilElf70 9 hrs ago #28
Yes. How many doctors portray themselves as Jesus? Norrrm 9 hrs ago #30
Sedition?.. Fine... Murder?.. Fine... Rape?.. Fine... Theft?.. Fine... Fraud?.. Fine... Extortion?.. Fine... RockRaven 9 hrs ago #31
Those dumb fuckers will still vote rePUKE wolfie001 9 hrs ago #33
They'll be back. C Moon 6 hrs ago #35
So this is the 938th time that madville 6 hrs ago #36
Trump is so casual about everything... Kablooie 5 hrs ago #37
Teflon Don is having his eggs scrambled Prairie_Seagull 5 hrs ago #38
If this demolishes Trump (by his own idiot doing), I will credit Jesus with a miracle. usonian 4 hrs ago #39

Escape

(484 posts)
1. Trump, and all his insiders..
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 06:19 PM
12 hrs ago

seem to have no concerns about the upcoming election.

I think they believe the same "system" that allowed him to win all the swing states in '24, is in place to make sure he wins everything in '26.

magicarpet

(18,715 posts)
5. Worry about the coming election,...
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 06:37 PM
12 hrs ago

... why that "election" is already in the bag for a trDUMP & ReThug wipeout.

Peter Thiel and Eloon Musk have already attended to thems election results to be in trDUMP's favor.

America is only a mirage of Democracy forthwith.

Where you been ?

the nelm

(274 posts)
19. Any such attempt needs to be overwhelmed by sheer numbers.
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:42 PM
10 hrs ago

The question is, will the voters actually show up.

Scully

(96 posts)
25. Will they show up...
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:07 PM
9 hrs ago

... and will they still be able to vote, or will all of the disenfranchisement chaos have removed enough voters from the rolls to make a dent?

mpcamb

(3,233 posts)
32. So for gawd's sake the 2, 3, 5% decline in his support from this blunder! Don't piss and moan!
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:28 PM
9 hrs ago

Those numbers switch elections!
Don't insult them or the reasons they abandoned trump.
We're Democrats but every now and then we can be stratigic.

Stargleamer

(2,742 posts)
29. They always have a lot of faith in their propaganda machine
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:16 PM
9 hrs ago

and their nasty campaign ads, and all the money they are going to spend, and their gerrymandering, and their voter suppression efforts to see them through.

The plutocrats have way way too much power.

wnylib

(26,178 posts)
40. That's the most concerning thing about Trump in regard to the midterms.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 06:15 AM
44 min ago

The only reason that I can think of for him to be so unconcerned about the midterm outcomes is that he has a plan to subverting them.

dutch777

(5,082 posts)
2. Exodus to where or to whom? Maybe some wannabe will risk it all and say "I'm TRUE MAGA!" Doubtful
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 06:27 PM
12 hrs ago

Wednesdays

(22,756 posts)
8. "It means they just won't vote at all"
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 06:44 PM
12 hrs ago

We're already seeing it in the special elections over the past year. Huge drops in R voter turnout. The only loss to Repugs I know of was GA-14, but even then Democrats gained 15 points.

Miguelito Loveless

(5,788 posts)
9. Exactly my worry
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 06:50 PM
12 hrs ago

They will wander away for a while, then come back telling themselves “can’t vote for a Democrat”.

MyOwnPeace

(17,584 posts)
24. But that shouldn't matter!
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:06 PM
9 hrs ago

Registration numbers rule - the PEOPLE - you know, “We the people!” have to SHOW UP AND VOTE!!!
:

pecosbob

(8,413 posts)
7. Nazis never went away. They all just kept to their closets and basements till Rush and the rest urged them to come out.
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 06:42 PM
12 hrs ago

They'll retreat to their closets and basements, brood and indoctrinate their children with hate, and wait for another opportunity. We've seen this before. We will see it again.

Midnight Writer

(25,503 posts)
11. If I had a dollar for every time I thought to myself "He's really screwed the pooch this time"
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 07:24 PM
11 hrs ago

I would be so rich I would have to vote Republican.

yardwork

(69,438 posts)
34. I mean I thought it was when he came down the escalator.
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:46 PM
9 hrs ago

Dude is like the energizer bunny. The evil energizer bunny.

agingdem

(8,898 posts)
13. MAGA exit...remember in 2024
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 07:49 PM
11 hrs ago

they voted for an amoral convicted felon, an affirmed racist, a corrupt self dealer, a wannabe Hitler, an adjudicated sexual abuser, a sadist/a misogynist...they voted for the asshole responsible for over a million covid deaths/dined with antisemites/banned muslims/separated families/warehoused babies...and they voted for him anyway because he wasn't a woman/a black woman...

so now MAGA is supposedly turning away from the guy they worship like he is Jesus because of the AI pic of Trump as Jesus...right!!

Jimmy76

(24 posts)
22. that IS the truth
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:55 PM
10 hrs ago

People only need to worry about how to get rid of the whole administration and the repuke control over congress, he is a lame duck no matter what, we just need a candidate who will be a sure winner - I voted for Hillary and Kamala, but many men will NEVER vote for any female. There is only one way to actively remove that snake and that is to have democrats in both houses, and enough votes to convict him.

Aussie105

(8,004 posts)
17. Jim Jones, David Koresh, infamous cult leaders from America's past
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:33 PM
10 hrs ago

had the same disregard for their cult followers.

Google those names if you don't know about them.

Or maybe Trump is more like Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, who blew things up just because he had a bit of a grudge.

groundloop

(13,891 posts)
18. I'll start getting excited about numbers when there's enough votes to impeach and convict.....
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:42 PM
10 hrs ago

Or that enough of his slimy cabinet have the guts to invoke the 25th.

Until that time none of these polls make much difference, he's still going to be tearing the country apart no matter what his poll numbers say.

MW67

(191 posts)
20. Jim must have missed
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:48 PM
10 hrs ago

Jan.6 , this is no big deal to them, his numbers were in freefall before, the true hardcore right, I've always heard are around 30 percent of voters. He is already there basically and that's where he'll stay, doubt he gets to 40 again

LilElf70

(1,587 posts)
28. I saw it in 2015
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:12 PM
9 hrs ago

Last edited Mon Apr 13, 2026, 10:17 PM - Edit history (1)

I see it even more today.

TRUMP IS THE BIGGEST CON MAN EVER......

Ya know, one would think you could tell how religious one person is, simply by counting how many times they go to church. Hmmm, let's count, shall we?

Playing golf is NOT church.

Pretending to be a doctor and lie to yourself and your magats was not a good idea. The fact that you were extremely blasphemous, is disgusting.

Amendment 25.....

RockRaven

(19,503 posts)
31. Sedition?.. Fine... Murder?.. Fine... Rape?.. Fine... Theft?.. Fine... Fraud?.. Fine... Extortion?.. Fine...
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:23 PM
9 hrs ago

Conflating one imaginary friend with a different imaginary friend? Hey, buddy, that is not okay, way over the line!

Kablooie

(19,115 posts)
37. Trump is so casual about everything...
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:06 AM
5 hrs ago

That I’ll bet he’s confident that no matter what happens at the polls, they have enough fake results guaranteed that Rs will continue to hold Congress.

At least that’s what his toadies tell him because that’s what he wants to hear.

usonian

(25,736 posts)
39. If this demolishes Trump (by his own idiot doing), I will credit Jesus with a miracle.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 02:17 AM
4 hrs ago


And I'm Buddhist.
Credit where credit is due!

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