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... Trump declared this month, "I know what MAGA wants better than anybody else." But there is a growing feeling that the movement itself is up for grabs. Multiple factions are all laying claim to Trump's mantle: America Firsters like Greene, groypers like Fuentes, and provocateurs like Carlson, to name just a few.

In many ways, this battle is really an ideological struggle for the hearts and minds of young men -- a key demographic that swung hard for Trump in 2024, fueled by a potent mixture of political disillusionment and economic dissatisfaction.

Since then, these resentments appear to have metastasized, with manifestations ranging from simple frustration at Trump's broken promises to the embrace of antisemitic and racist views among young party operatives, and the elevation of extremists like Fuentes. Other members of this constituency appear to be swinging back toward Democrats.

As my colleague Peter Hamby recently documented, in this month's elections, men under 30 broke for Dems by double digits in exit polls in Virginia (+14 for Abigail Spanberger), New Jersey (+10 for Mikie Sherrill), and, of course, New York City (+40 for Zohran Mamdani) and California (+52 for Prop 50). ...