Inside the new regime: Source says Team Trump is growing "disillusioned"

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Inside the new regime: Source says Team Trump is growing "disillusioned"
Trump's officials are quietly concerned about his "blatant criminal behavior." What took them so long?

By Brian Karem
White House columnist
Published May 8, 2025 10:13AM (EDT)


(Salon) It is time to stop examining the chaos and time to do something about it.

I have a source inside the Trump regime who feels, in their own words, “a little disillusioned.” This person says they signed on to the Trump team because of “DEI going too far” and because “woke culture was dividing the country,” but is now concerned about the “blatant criminal behavior” of Donald Trump. Really? His last administration didn’t show you that? Well, OK.

This source first approached me by saying, “I can provide you bonafides to show you I’m serious.” That impressed me because I didn’t think many people inside the Trump regime knew what bonafides were, let alone how to be serious.

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If you want to laugh about a picture of Trump holding a red lightsaber on May 4, or about that AI-generated photo of Trump as the pope, join the millions who think it’s all lowbrow comedy. If you want to laugh about Trump reopening Alcatraz, go for it. I know I did. But there is something we’re missing by simply mocking the tragic and demented character who once again resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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So this isn’t just about Trump’s mental decline, “which is a given,” as my source put it. Rather, it’s about who is able to prod him into pushing their own private agenda. Trump is well known to be most influenced by the last person he spoke with, and to have that privilege one must be able to walk into the Oval Office without an appointment. There’s one administration official who recently told reporters he can do this: deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. ....................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/05/08/inside-the-new-regime-source-says-team-is-growing-disillusioned/