A 35-year-old Pennsylvania woman has become the face of a widening crack in Donald Trump's base after calling the president she voted for three times a 'worthless pile of sh*t' on camera at a petrol station, and the clip has since appeared on primetime television and travelled across every major social media platform.
Amanda Robbins of Millersburg, Pennsylvania, was filling her tank at the Penn Jersey Mart when NBC News senior national politics reporter Jonathan Allen approached her for a segment onrising fuel costs tied to the US-Israeli war against Iran.
Allen asked what she would say to President Trump if she knew he was listening, and Robbins answered directly into the camera without hesitation. The clip went viral within hours, appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Daily Show before being shared millions of times across social media, capturing a sentiment that polls now show is spreading well beyond one angry voter in central Pennsylvania.
'You are a worthless pile of sh*t,' Robbins told Allen,according to NBC News's published account of the exchange. Allen asked how many times she had voted for Trump. 'Three times,' she said. 'That was my bad. Apparently, I'm an idiot.' Robbins went on to say Trump had done 'literally nothing, nothing' that he promised, and that the rising cost of fuel was squeezing her grocery budget.
Reporter: If you could say something to Trump, what would it be?Trump voter: You’re a worthless pile of sh*t.Reporter: How many times did you vote for him?Trump voter: 3 times. That was my bad. Apparently I’m an idiot.pic.twitter.com/MiEvEnH8MQ
Robbins told NBC News she will not vote Democrat in the November 2026 midterms but will not back her own district's representative, Republican Scott Perry, either. 'We need new people,' she said, 'not the same people that's been in there.'
The segment aired on NBC's Meet the Press NOW and was filmed at Millersburg's Penn Jersey Mart, a petrol station that Allen chose specifically because it was busy and because the manager permitted on-site interviews. Robbins was one of four voters Allen spoke with that afternoon.
Pennsylvania's average petrol price stood at approximately £2.83 ($3.76) per gallon on the day of the interview,according to AAA data cited by NBC News, up more than 60 cents from a month earlier. The national average reached £2.89 ($3.84) per gallon by midweek. By 5 May 2026, AAA reported the national average had surged to £3.37 ($4.48) per gallon, a near-50 per cent jump since the war began on 28 February 2026.
The US and Israel launched strikes on Iran in what the White House branded 'Operation Epic Fury.' Iran's response included blocking shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that carries roughly 20 per cent of the world's daily oil supply.
Analysts told NBC News that restoring normal traffic through the strait could take between one and three months under the best circumstances. An informal ceasefire was declared on 7 April 2026, but energy prices have not meaningfully recovered.
Source: International Business Times UK
