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These Young Voters Are Starting to Regret Their Vote for Trump
Week after week, images of Israel’s military pummeling Gaza filled news broadcasts and social media—and President Trump was losing patience.
“People are getting sick of turning on the TV and seeing you bombing everything,” Trump said in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The young people don’t like it.”
Trump’s private remarks last year, recounted by a person with knowledge of the conversation, came as his standing with young people has plummeted during his first year in office. After Trump nearly won the group in 2024, roughly two-thirds of young voters ages 18-29 now disapprove of the president’s priorities, including his approach to foreign policy and immigration, according to a recent Wall Street Journal poll.
Elysia Morales was all-in for the MAGA movement. The 21-year-old cast her first presidential vote for Trump in 2024 and soon built up Republican credentials, leading her Indiana college Turning Point USA chapter as vice president and serving as a national committeewoman for the College Republicans of America for the state.
But after seeing videos of deportations posted by Trump administration officials and the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Morales, a granddaughter of a Mexican immigrant, said her support for Trump is at a newfound low. She said she is also disturbed by Trump’s foreign entanglements, including with Israel, and has left both her posts at TPUSA—the youth outreach organization founded by Charlie Kirk—and the College Republicans of America.
“People are getting sick of turning on the TV and seeing you bombing everything,” Trump said in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The young people don’t like it.”
Trump’s private remarks last year, recounted by a person with knowledge of the conversation, came as his standing with young people has plummeted during his first year in office. After Trump nearly won the group in 2024, roughly two-thirds of young voters ages 18-29 now disapprove of the president’s priorities, including his approach to foreign policy and immigration, according to a recent Wall Street Journal poll.
Elysia Morales was all-in for the MAGA movement. The 21-year-old cast her first presidential vote for Trump in 2024 and soon built up Republican credentials, leading her Indiana college Turning Point USA chapter as vice president and serving as a national committeewoman for the College Republicans of America for the state.
But after seeing videos of deportations posted by Trump administration officials and the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Morales, a granddaughter of a Mexican immigrant, said her support for Trump is at a newfound low. She said she is also disturbed by Trump’s foreign entanglements, including with Israel, and has left both her posts at TPUSA—the youth outreach organization founded by Charlie Kirk—and the College Republicans of America.
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