The day after the Iowa primary, where Trump eked by with barely more than a majority, his fans made it out even in the inclement weather to a rally in New Hampshire to party it up after the win.

But it was clear, according to Ian Ward of Politico, that Trump himself didn’t actually want to be there.

Ward says that the former president’s rallies have gone from being the Disneyland of MAGAWorld to “awkward sideshows in his grander political drama, which is now unfolding primarily in closed courtrooms and six-page legal orders.” In fact, he says they have become “inescapably monotonous.”

“His rallies aren’t fundamentally different than they have been in past elections, but therein lies the problem: There’s little new substance or material in this year’s revival of the Trump Show. His core grievances — against the ‘radical left Democrats,’ the deep state, the RINOs, the globalists, the media — are little changed since he first started running for president in 2015, and his schticks — spinning out new nicknames for his rivals, goading the crowd to boo the press — are all retreads.”

That’s why, Ward writes, it’s not uncommon now to see attendees begin to head for the doors before Trump is even done speaking.

There will, of course, always be those who have made their entire personalities out of being Trumpers. The most virulently racist, anti-immigrant, selfish, and vindictive of his fans will continue to show up in their custom t-shirts and hats. They’ll carry signs with his catchphrases on them in hopes that he’ll point them out in the crowd, and recognize the fealty to their Dear Leader.

But there are now those who are going out of habit. Believe me, there’s a reason that Trump not only just barely won Iowa and New Hampshire, and it’s the same reason that Nikki Haley got a little over 40% in the latter. With Ron DeSantis out of the race but one (relatively) reasonable Republican candidate left who isn’t Trump, people are beginning to question whether they want him on the ticket at all.

And if he rolls in to the convention with a few convictions hanging around his neck, the GOP might just make that decision for them.