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There’s been a lot of quiet and not-so-quiet jockeying on the right.

Some familiar names are circling 2028, hoping that once President Trump exits stage right, the old GOP order might quietly reassert itself. The donor class is restless, and the consultant class is whispering. And the usual “responsible conservative” crowd is floating up their trial balloons like it’s 2015 all over again.

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Yep. We’ve seen this movie before.

Every time President Trump runs, the media manufactures a “serious challenger”: Ted Cruz, Ron DeSantis. Insert whatever flavor-of-the-month Republican here. The press hypes it, the donor class salivates, and the Israel-first crowd and GOP establishment start dreaming about a return to pre-Trump politics.

And every time, reality hits.

Hard.

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The truth is, this isn’t 2015 anymore. MAGA isn’t a candidate. MAGA is now the actual base of the Republican Party.

And even CNN is now admitting what the professional anti-MAGA crowd refuses to accept: the movement is more powerful than ever.

In a segment that probably sent chills through every RINO hoping for a “post-Trump reset,” CNN laid out the numbers in black and white.

They weren’t talking about Trump’s personal brand.

They were talking about the Make America Great Again movement itself and what happens after Trump leaves.

Now let’s talk about JD Vance, because this is where the 2028 math gets brutal for certain folks on the right.

CNN’s own numbers show JD Vance sitting at 84 percent favorability among Republicans. That’s pure dominance, and higher than it was a year ago.

Meanwhile, there are two main factions on the right. One is unapologetically America First. Secure the border, prioritize American workers, and stop writing blank checks overseas. The other faction is Israel First foreign policy, interventionist priorities, and the old Republican establishment model that defined the party before Trump flipped it upside down.

Ted Cruz and Ron DeSantis both tried to walk that line. The media treated them like serious alternatives to Trump. But they weren’t then, and they probably won’t be in 2028 against a likely Vance White House candidacy.

And now the numbers make it crystal clear.

If MAGA sits at 78 percent approval among Republicans, and JD Vance, who is firmly positioned in the America First lane, is sitting north of 80 percent, what exactly is the path for someone trying to run from the Israel First, the interventionist wing of the party?

There isn’t one.

You either run as America First in 2028, with the chops and agenda to back it up, or you’re in big trouble.

Douglass Mackey said it best. If you’re on the right and you want to go up against Trump, Vance, or MAGA, you’ll be walking headfirst into a buzzsaw.

This poll is about the RINOs and the fence-sitters inside the Republican Party who are still clinging to this half-cocked fantasy that once Trump leaves, things will quietly “go back to normal.”

That ain’t happening.

These numbers do not scream “retreat.” MAGA is actually digging in. The base sees what’s happening, and they’re not interested in a return to the pre-Trump, donor-driven, interventionist GOP model.

This polling sends a very clear message to anyone on the right thinking about 2028: there is no viable lane outside of America First.

It may also explain why some voices on the right, like Mark Levin and Ben Shapiro, are suddenly taking shots at MAGA, trying to carve out factions or fracture the movement.

Good luck with that, guys.

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MAGA isn’t going anywhere.

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