This is an opinion from the Center. It was just one week ago when we discussed the growing rupture between Donald Trump and his previously unfailingly loyal base of support. The president’s retreat in supporting the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files was a tacit admission MAGA nation would no longer automatically follow its leader, but there have been a number of recent policy disagreements that have demonstrated his challenge in navigating this suddenly fractious relationship. The America Firsters who have populated the ranks of Trump loyalists, already uncomfortable with his ongoing exertions in Ukraine and the Middle East, grow even more restive as the US edges closer to war with Venezuela. His longtime backers are also unhappy that the inflation that ended the political careers of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris has not yet subsided, and Trump’s decision to pull back on many international tariffs to ease food prices has not helped matters. Health care and artificial intelli…