‘Maga is dead, Maga is effeminate’: why has the manosphere rejected Trump?

Donald Trump’s support among the online manosphere has weakened as his popularity has fallen, with criticism growing over his policies on Gaza and the Iran war. The shift matters because a coalition of male influencers helped make Trump a celebrated figure among young men before the 2024 election, when he won 63% of young white men.

The article describes the manosphere as an alliance of hard-right media figures, mainstream podcast and comedy hosts, and openly misogynistic online personalities. By the 2026 midterms, only 43% of young white men voted for a Republican House candidate. Influential voices including Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes criticised Trump, while Theo Von called his Iran policies “fucking baffling”; the article links this broader disillusionment to changing public sentiment over the conflicts.