Cruz reportedly says Trump yelled and cursed over warning of midterm election 'bloodbath'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Guardian

Mon 26 Jan 2026 10.16 EST
Last modified on Mon 26 Jan 2026 21.54 EST


Ted Cruz warned Donald Trump, his fellow Republican, that he would face a “bloodbath” in the November midterm elections if prices continued to rise, prompting the president to respond, “fuck you, Ted,” the US senator told donors, according to a secret recording of the private conversation obtained by Axios.

Cruz reportedly delivered the reality check to the president in a phone conversation after Trump presented sweeping tariffs a few months after returning to the Oval Office in early 2025. The president was unhappy, Cruz said – and yelled and cursed in a conversation with Republican senators.

“Mr President, if we get to November of [2026] and people’s 401(k)s are down 30% and prices are up 10–20% at the supermarket, we’re going to go into election day, face a bloodbath,” Cruz said he told the president, according to Axios. “You’re going to lose the House, you’re going to lose the Senate, you’re going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week.”

Only 34% approve of how Trump has handled the cost of living while 64% disapprove, according to a recent New York Times/Siena poll. There is also evidence the economy may be motivating those who voted for Trump in 2024 but now disapprove of him, according to the Times.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/26/ted-cruz-trump-midterm-elections

[rampartd]

1. my 401k is actually up

but the prices are way up, and with winn dixie closing we lose our last competitor to wal mart.

[travelingthrulife]

3. They are manipulating the market to keep it high.

[Happy Hoosier]

4. I don't know who "they" is...

What I see is a shit ton of money pouring into the Mag 7. They have been driving the market up, driven by capital investment. There is a strong speculation that it is in a bubble, and maybe it is. I do think those companies building data centers speculatively are in for a shock... the LLM's have hit a capability wall (IMO) and people aren't getting the ROI on these invesetments that were projected. And many (most?) users just aren't willing to pay a ton for the what the LLM's CAN do.

Outside a narrow set of applications, the current state of "AI" is not as capable as many expected and the Mag 7 companies projected. The only real question in my mind is if we're going to see lackluster market returns for the next few years, or a major correction.

[Ligyron]

10. I was told to invest in utilities, electric to be specific.

Because all this Ai will use massive amounts of electricity.’

[Happy Hoosier]

12. Maybe?

But I am having my doubts that this will play out. The LLM's just aren't "all that." Many companies are reporting no significant ROI, or even a negative ROI.

But if they are used, electric rates will skyrocket.

[rampartd]

5. absolutely

and of course, the dollar buys less, so a share costs more.

[Happy Hoosier]

13. Market returns have WAY outstripped inflation.

Inflation has an impact, of course, but the markets have still done double digits AFTER inflation the last couple of years. I've watched my portfolio almost double in 4 years.

[JT45242]

14. Same boat... investment up grocery and restaurants crazy expensive

We have Hy-Vee which should be called high prices...but need real competitive groceries.

Although tbh, even if Meijer, kroger, and Walmart had to compete a little, without more than that no competition push.

Add to that for most commodities -- chicken, eggs, beef etc. only 2-3 companies control 90 percent of the market, so no drive to competition there.

Same with seeds and fertilizer.

Monopoly and oligopolies have allowed the Uber rich to ignore any market checks and balances

[Javaman]

2. and let me guess, the orange asshole blamed everyone but himself. nt

[Ray Bruns]

8. Bingo!

[Clouds Passing]

6. Why are gqpers so obsessed with bloodbaths?

[littlemissmartypants]

9. Excellent question cp!

[txwhitedove]

7. Ted was actually telling truth, but I'm m with Rump on the "fuck you, Ted". Greasy jerk.

[MayReasonRule]

11. Sorry To Hear About Ted Cruz...

[progressoid]

15. Oooo...

[SWBTATTReg]

16. Typical tRUMP talk and/or lashing out. I suspect that ICE and other agencies are doing things to distract

voters from tRUMP's terrible domestic economic policies that is causing voters by the millions to flee from him.

[hibbing]

17. Then proceeded to bend the knee n/t

[Martin68]

18. Music to my ears.