Speaking to a crowd in Virginia, Donald Trump said that MAGA “represents 96 percent and maybe 100 percent” of the Republican Party.
He continued, “We’re getting rid of the Romneys of the world. We want to get Romneys and those out.” Trump has had a fair amount of success in this endeavor.
But most Republican voters, in polls, continue to say that they do not identify with MAGA.
His administration would have had few successes without Romney, or at least non-MAGA, Republicans, and would not have existed if not for the votes of such Republicans.
Trump’s insistence on total loyalty to him—a one-way transaction—militates against both the creation of a broad coalition and its ability to govern successfully.