Donald Trump voters turn on the president, say America is not ‘great again’ under his leadership: ‘He tells you one thing and does just the opposite,’ former supporter gripes
A voter in Iowa said she regrets backing President Donald Trump and does not believe the country is “great again” under his leadership. She was angry about gas and food prices and that rising costs have affected everything. She also said Americans should feel sorry for truck drivers trying to make a living.
Asked by MS NOW whether she regretted voting for Trump, the woman answered, “Yeah.” She added that she believes many others do too. Asked why, she said, “He tells you one thing and does just the opposite.”
When asked whether America is truly “great again” under his leadership, she rejected the slogan, saying, “No, it’s not.” She then said that the Trump administration had run the country into the ground.
She is not the only Republican-leaning voter expressing frustration. A lifelong Republican recently told SiriusXM’s “The Megyn Kelly Wrap-Up Show” that she’s so frustrated with her party that she might vote a straight Democratic ticket in the midterms. “Why should I be loyal to them?” she asked.
Fuel prices behind the anger
AAA reported a national average of $4.43 a gallon for regular gasoline on September 17 — more than $1 higher than a year earlier, with crude oil averaging about $100 a barrel. The average had been $2.938 before March 23.
Diesel prices have risen faster. AAA reported September 11 that the national average had surpassed $6 a gallon for the first time, reaching $6.06.
Food costs have also increased. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its September 11 report that consumer prices rose 3.4% over the 12 months through August, while the gasoline index rose 3.9% in August alone. The index for uncooked ground beef rose 7.2% over the same 12-month period.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service reported that retail coffee prices were 6.1% higher in August than a year earlier, while sugar and sweets rose by the same margin. Overall food prices were 2.7% higher than in August 2025.
The promises and the war behind the prices
Trump returned to the White House in January 2025 after promising to tame inflation and end foreign wars. The Iran war kicked off on February 28 when combined U.S.-Israeli airstrikes began and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in strikes on his office in Tehran.
Iran has largely blocked shipping through the Strait of Hormuz since the war began. About 20% of the world’s oil passes through the key energy route.
The U.S. and Iran agreed June 28 to stop exchanging attacks, but the ceasefire collapsed July 8 after Iran attacked commercial vessels in the strait.
Regret voiced in other states
Similar anti-Trump admin sentiments surfaced in earlier interviews. On March 17, three-time Trump voter Amanda Robbins of Millersburg, Pennsylvania, spoke with senior politics reporter Johnathan Allen at a local gas station.
Robbins called her votes for Trump “bad” and called herself an idiot. Other residents at the station supported the decision to attack Iran and said they would accept higher prices at the pump.
In June, The Briefing with Jen Psaki aired a segment on Ohio voters. Reporter Alex Tabet spoke with voters who had backed Trump in the previous three elections and said they now regret their 2024 votes because of his handling of the economy.
One of them, truck driver Chris Tackett, voted for Trump in 2016, 2020 and 2024. He said the president failed to keep his promises to tackle food prices and inflation.