Marjorie Taylor Greene Humiliates Trump over Reiner as MAGA Cracks Up

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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President Trump offered a disgusting response to the horrific death of Rob Reiner and his wife, narcissistically insisting they’d died of “Trump Derangement Syndrome” while delusionally claiming world-historical successes for himself. What surprised us was MAGA’s retort to this. Marjorie Taylor Greene offered a remarkably heartfelt reply to Trump, and the contrast between her measured tone and his unhinged, megalomaniacal cruelty had the effect of quietly humiliating him. Other MAGA figures piled on as well. We think this captures a deeper set of divisions inside MAGA, and indeed, it comes as other MAGA figures are now warning that the base is drifting away from Trump. Even Trump’s own pollster is sounding the alarm. We talked to New Republic senior editor Alex Shephard, who’s been writing well about Greene and MAGA. We discuss why Trump’s hold is weakening over his base and MAGA influencers alike, what Greene recognizes about Trump’s weakness that other Republicans don’t, and how this will likely get worse for Trump, to the benefit of Democrats. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:15.9	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
1:18.2	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
1:35.1	As you may have seen, President Donald Trump offered a truly disgusting display in response to the horrific death of Rob Reiner and his wife.
1:45.5	What surprised us, however, was the response to this. Marjorie Taylor Green, of all people, offered a remarkably pointed and heartfelt reply to Trump.
1:48.5	Other MAGA figures piled on as well.
1:56.0	On another front, MAGA figures are warning Trump that the base is drifting away from him for a whole bunch of reasons.
2:00.3	Even Trump's own pollster is sounding the alarm about the MAGA base.
2:05.2	And it appears Republicans are going to let the Affordable Care Act subsidies lapse,
2:08.0	which will badly hurt working class Trump supporters.
2:11.9	So we're starting to wonder, is MAGA hitting a breaking point?
2:13.7	And what does this all mean for Democrats?
2:18.1	We're talking about all this with New Republic Senior Editor Alex Shepard, who's been writing well about both Green and the MAGA crackup. Alex, good to have you on. It's great to be back.
2:24.9	So Rob Reiner and his wife appear to have been murdered, which is an unspeakable horror. Trump,
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