Oh noes! Now we know the real story: White House officials are worried about losing support from Trump’s MAGA base outraged about his handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s case—with an insider saying that the president’s all-important crowd sizes could be affected. Via the Daily Beast:

White House officials are now worried that even a relatively smaller number of defectors could hurt Trump’s efforts to sell his equally unpopular budget bill to the public, The Washington Post reported. The president could begin holding rallies as soon as next month to tout the legislation, the newspaper reported.

“It’s not going to be some huge revolt, but you’re going to see less lines at the rallies,” a source close to the White House told the Post, saying officials are also concerned about a lack of action over the Obama investigations Trump has demanded. “All you need is 5 percent of these people to just get cynical, apathetic, lethargic, and we’re done.”

The president is obsessed with the size of his crowds—and with those of his political opponents—and has repeatedly exaggerated the number of people who attended his first inauguration.

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