Megyn Kelly caller on Trump: “I feel abandoned”
Caller: “I think he's the best thing that ever happened to America, but I'm starting to get really sad and betrayed”
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Megyn Kelly caller on Trump: "I feel abandoned"
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From the May 18, 2026, edition of SiriusXM's The Megyn Kelly Wrap-Up Show
EMILY JASHINSKY (HOST): Heading now to Janet in Long Island. You're on The Megyn Kelly Wrap-Up Show, what's on your mind?
CALLER: I feel abandoned. I'm a Trump diehard. I'm 68. My husband's 69. We're never going to stop working. He's a contract electrician. We built our house. We're going to have to move out of Dix Hills because the taxes are $16,000. I don't want to quit working because Medicare is too much money, so I get benefits where I work.
He has abandoned the middle class. He has to show us that all those people on barstools across America, you know, hardworking construction guys, plumbers, the people that stood up for him when it wasn't popular to still stand up for him, he needs to help us, give us back, black tax, anything, just make our life easier.
JASHINSKY: And, Janet, when did you start to feel this way? Was it into the Iran war as gas prices were spiking?
CALLER: You know what, I don't — into the — I just kept waiting and waiting for him to do stuff for us. I feel like he's listening to the wrong people. And, yeah, when he started that war, I didn't sign up for it. When I had my first boy — I'm a girl, I'm one of one of five girls — and when I had my son, the first thing — I just popped my head up and said, oh my God, he could be drafted. I don't want my children or my friend's children dying in a war that has nothing to do with us.
It's time to give back to the American people that stood up for Trump when nobody stood up for Trump. When he came down that escalator, when you shouted, he has my voice, he knows exactly how I feel. But he's abandoned us. I'm — I love him.
(CROSSTALK)
JASHINSKY: And, Janet, I have one more question. Are you sort of a Republican? Conservative? Are you an Independent who just really likes Trump? Where do you, you know, where do you sort of find yourself on the political spectrum?
CALLER: I would say I like truth. Right now, I'm a registered Republican, conservative. I don't like all those riots in all parts of the country. I don't like the, you know, how lax the — what would you call it — legal system is. I want rules and regulations because without them, there is chaos. And I want feedback given to the people that stood up to him forever, and I don't want a war. I don't want my money going towards a war. I don't want me having to pay for gas so somebody, you know, in Iran — I don't know what it has to do with the American people. It's frustrating. I don't want to give up on him. I think he's the best thing that ever happened to America, but I'm starting to get really sad and betrayed.
JASHINSKY: Janet, I appreciate you calling so much. Thank you. Thank you. Really, really appreciate the call, appreciate hearing from you because we've heard this over and over again just the last couple months.