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Far-right figures like Nick Fuentes and Joel Webbon celebrated what they saw as confirmation of their views following the election results that went against Trump's policies. They criticized Trump for actions such as the Iran war and not fulfilling promises like building a wall or mass deportations, which they believed cost him political support. Notably, some far-right supporters who previously backed Trump are now distancing themselves from his administration due to these perceived failures.

Written by AI on 2026-11-04, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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In the lead-up to the 2026 election, Nick Fuentes, a prominent white nationalist figure whose followers are known as "groypers," advised his supporters to either stay home or vote for Democrats if they were dissatisfied with President Trump's policies. After the election results indicated a loss for Trump, Fuentes celebrated, tweeting that he "love[s] winning." This sentiment was echoed by Joel Webbon, a Christian nationalist pastor who criticized the Trump administration for not addressing issues like pulling out of the war in Iran and building a wall on the southern border.

Far-right figures like Fuentes had previously supported Trump but later denounced him over his handling of the conflict with Iran and his support for Israel. They viewed last night's election results as validation of their stance, suggesting that they were correct in opposing the president. Webbon shared a video emphasizing these points, highlighting what he saw as the administration’s failures to address key concerns among far-right, isolationist supporters.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones also weighed in on his show by criticizing Trump harshly for being "the most reviled person in the world right now." The election results marked a significant shift away from Trump's policies and toward those advocated by figures like Fuentes and Webbon.

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In the lead-up to Election Day, white nationalist troll Nick Fuentes had simple instructions for his followers, known as “groypers”: “Stay home or vote Democrat.” asserted

Fuentes → have → Democrat

And as the election results began to roll in last night, he tweeted, simply, “I love winning.” asserted

I → begin → ?

For much of Trump’s second term far-right figures like Fuentes, who once doggedly supported Trump, have bitterly denounced him, citing his invasion of Iran and support for Israel. asserted

who → support → Israel

(Fuentes has also complained that the president is, as he has put it, “Not Hitler.”) asserted

he → complain → it

And last night’s election results proved a vindication for the extremist figures who have broken with Trump. asserted

who → prove → Trump

“They hate the Groypers because they were right,” tweeted Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon, part of the TheoBros network of far-right Christian millennial influencers. asserted

Webbon → hate → influencers

In his tweet, Webbon also shared a video of himself outlining the Trump administration’s failures as he saw them, and their failure to listen to their far-right, isolationist, anti-immigration base. asserted

he → share → base

“We begged, ‘Please pull out of the war in Iran. asserted

We → beg → Iran

Please release the Epstein files,’” Webbon fumed in the video. asserted

Webbon → release → video

Please stop blundering a historic coalition from 2024 that won not only the electoral but the popular vote in a landslide. asserted

that → stop → landslide

he → take → world

As Democratic wins rolled in, a grim sort of celebration took hold among prominent far-right figures who’d once supported Trump, and who reveled in being right. asserted

who → roll → Trump

“Let the finger pointing commence,” tweeted Mike Cernovich, a far-right MAGA figure and early Pizzagate promoter who had close ties with the first Trump administration. asserted

who → let → administration

Cernovich has become increasingly furious with the president over issues like the war in Iran, and had warned for months that it could be politically costly. uncertain

it → become → months

“Call me crazy (I am),” he tweeted last night. asserted

he → call → me

“But maybe the people who delivered 2016 and 2024 knew that the Iran war was going to cost us the midterms.” asserted

war → deliver → midterms

Meanwhile, MAGA figures still loyal to the president were struggling to come up with a coherent narrative for why such a sweeping MAGA and GOP loss happened. asserted

loss → struggle → narrative

“Larry Kudlow is correct,” tweeted former Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem, citing a Fox News analyst. asserted

Noem → tweet → analyst

Earlier on voting day, there were signs that some of them might try to blame voter fraud; Katie Miller, Stephen Miller’s wife, shared a tweet about apparently broken voting machines in Westchester County, adding, “This is how the Left steals elections. uncertain

Left → be → elections

Mike Lawler’s competitive district, and they are turning away voters. asserted

they → turn → voters

But a widespread voter fraud narrative simply failed to take hold on the right, in large part because Trump himself didn’t push one. asserted

Trump → fail → one

Instead, the president spent much of the night on Truth Social, complaining about Fox News’ coverage of him. asserted

president → spend → him

And he, too, made it clear that he’d be looking anywhere but at himself to explain last night’s staggering defeat. asserted

he → make → defeat

“Fox News bears responsibility for these losses by constantly and consistently putting on the Dumocrat opposition, and worse,” he posted. asserted

he → bear → opposition

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