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Now, he's started to lose key support from a lot of previous supporters of President Trump, including Democrats.

Megyn Kelly, who used to work as a anchor.

She's now got her own show.

Let's take a listen to what Megyn said about this recent picture that Donald Trump posted on his social media account.

What are your thoughts on that, Corey?

How substantial is this for President Trump to lose this important support base?

Now, Corey, this latest controversial picture posted by the US president comes after he attacked Pope Leo, who we know is the head of the Catholic Church.

This was when Pope Leo came out and basically said his language was completely unacceptable.

I'm talking about President Trump's threats to wipe out the entire civilization, that threat being to Iran.

What are your thoughts on taking that to another level?

And Corey, talking about losing that important support of conservative politicians or commentators, Tucker Carlson has also lashed out at the president when he made one of those social media tweets with a lot of language being used about opening the Strait of Hormuz, which actually was on Easter Sunday.

Let's take a listen to what Tucker Carlson had to say about the US president.

Corey, talk us through the significance of someone like Tucker Carlson calling out the US president for that moment.

It's really interesting to see how this all plays out.

Every day is certainly a journey, Corey.

We really appreciate your expert analysis as always.

Thanks so much.

That was US political expert Corey Alpert, who is also a researcher at the University of Melbourne and a former staffer in the Biden administration.

And that's it for this episode of the Afternoon Edition of The Briefing.

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