The past week of MAGA regret is what happens when an entire nation of people suddenly runs face first into the reality that they have allowed themselves to be in a parasocial relationship with a violent, deranged, narcissistic sociopath who no longer requires their support in order to retain power, and can therefore be discarded like the trash he has always viewed them.

The pundits are going crazy trying to figure out "why now?" What makes his current batshit deranged mania a step too far for his supporters? What's different about the recent sociopathic attacks on the Pope versus his sociopathic attacks on women and children? What's so different about the recent deranged AI photo he posted of himself as Jesus Christ versus the deranged AI photos he posted of the Obamas as monkeys? What's so damn different about the violent debacle in the Strait of Hormuz versus the violent debacle over the ICE murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good?

Let me answer that for you. What's different is it's happening TO THEM now. Trump's deranged, narcissistic violence is finally, and in measurable ways, HARMING THEM. That isn't a change in Trump. That's not a sign of disease, or onset of dementia. The only thing that's changed is the fact that Donald Trump, violent, deranged narcissistic sociopath that he's always been, no longer requires the support of his base to stay in power. And that makes them disposable.