Trump’s MAGA allies are jumping off his sinking ship

Hope For America with Heather Delaney Reese · Aug 31, 2026 · 14m

At the center of this commentary is a question bigger than one ceremony, one post, or one late-night announcement: what does love of country actually require from the people entrusted with power? The script connects a reported refusal to stand silently with 9/11 families without a microphone, an oil deal following military action in Venezuela, and open warnings from someone like Tucker Carlson into one larger warning about loyalty, power, and national memory. Its argument is that when loyalty to one man is treated as patriotism, the country itself becomes the thing pushed aside, while hope…