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

[BumRushDaShow]

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.

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[Escape]

1. Trump, and all his insiders..

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]

5. Worry about the coming election,...

... 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]

19. Any such attempt needs to be overwhelmed by sheer numbers.

The question is, will the voters actually show up.

[Scully]

25. Will they show up...

... 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?

[travelingthrulife]

12. Well, whatever they did for Orban didn't work, so maybe there is hope.

[mpcamb]

32. So for gawd's sake the 2, 3, 5% decline in his support from this blunder! Don't piss and moan!

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]

29. They always have a lot of faith in their propaganda machine

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]

40. That's the most concerning thing about Trump in regard to the midterms.

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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 subvert them.

[dutch777]

2. Exodus to where or to whom? Maybe some wannabe will risk it all and say "I'm TRUE MAGA!" Doubtful

[2naSalit]

3. Hopefully...

It means they just won't vote at all.

[dutch777]

6. Good thought! The rocks they used to live under have been getting lonely anyway.

[Wednesdays]

8. "It means they just won't vote at all"

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]

9. Exactly my worry

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

[MyOwnPeace]

24. But that shouldn't matter!

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

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Today may be Trump's Lonesome Roads moment:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VA4EjDIdmBw

[pecosbob]

7. Nazis never went away. They all just kept to their closets and basements till Rush and the rest urged them to come out.

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.

[nycbos]

10. I'll believe it when I see it.

[Midnight Writer]

11. If I had a dollar for every time I thought to myself "He's really screwed the pooch this time"

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

[yardwork]

34. I mean I thought it was when he came down the escalator.

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

[agingdem]

13. MAGA exit...remember in 2024

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!!

[thought crime]

26. More likely they will believe he actually IS Jesus

Hallelujah

[pansypoo53219]

14. man of god vs man of WTF.

[Aussie105]

15. Trump doesn't care.

He got their vote when he needed it, now they are expendable.

[Talitha]

16. Yep, he tossed them under the bus as soon as their vote for him was counted.

[Jimmy76]

22. that IS the truth

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]

17. Jim Jones, David Koresh, infamous cult leaders from America's past

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]

18. I'll start getting excited about numbers when there's enough votes to impeach and convict.....

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.

[BumRushDaShow]

41. Remember that the current Congress and most of the current Cabinet

were installed BEFORE all this crap happened the past year. And right now, the Cabinet revolving door has begun to swing and a RECORD number of members of Congress have either resigned before the end of their terms or announced they would not seek reelection (or have died in office).

From NPR's tracker (not yet updated with the latest announcements) - The record-setting pace of retirements from Congress continues, led by Republicans

According to NPR's congressional retirement tracker, as of March 30, there are 71 current representatives and senators who are retiring or running for a different office — 14 senators and 57 House members.

With the announcements yesterday, that would mean 59 House members gone or going (and I heard yesterday about 2 more, with similar allegations, who are under threat).

It's been 60 years but definitely a Buffalo Springfield moment (difference is there is a Republican President now) -

[MW67]

20. Jim must have missed

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

[msongs]

21. get lost jeebus, white xtians have a new saviour nt

[stillspkg]

23. New Diagnosis

Fecal Incompetence

He doesn't know shit.

[thought crime]

27. This is what a Trump "come to Jesus" moment looks like

[LilElf70]

28. I saw it in 2015

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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.....

[Norrrm]

30. Yes. How many doctors portray themselves as Jesus?

[BlueKota]

42. How many doctors dress like that,

have miraculous light coming from their hands or have the ghosts of military soldiers looking down on them from the heavens?

[RockRaven]

31. Sedition?.. Fine... Murder?.. Fine... Rape?.. Fine... Theft?.. Fine... Fraud?.. Fine... Extortion?.. Fine...

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

[wolfie001]

33. Those dumb fuckers will still vote rePUKE

No cure for stupid.

[C Moon]

35. They'll be back.

[madville]

36. So this is the 938th time that

“He’s really done it this time!”

[Kablooie]

37. Trump is so casual about everything...

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]

39. If this demolishes Trump (by his own idiot doing), I will credit Jesus with a miracle.

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

[Ruby the Liberal]

43. This is why he has to run in 2028

Too many 2026 losses because 'he wasn't on the ballot' and everything that goes wrong in the next 2 years will be the Dems fault for thwarting his brilliance. Thus they will have 'no choice' but to put him on the ballot to 'sane the country'.

Cynical, yes - but the transactional malignant narcissism manual outlines this in the control chapter.

[BumRushDaShow]

44. This is why they are trying to hang their hat on his "endorsements" of mid-term/special election candidates

although the track record has been very dodgy.

(OT - haven't seen you for awhile! )