Trump's Self-Indulgence Deepens G.O.P. Fears in Midterms

[Yonnie3]

“The stupid stuff is killing our chances,” said a retiring Republican senator.

By Shane Goldmacher and Patricia Mazzei
May 25, 2026

A little more than five months ahead of the midterm elections, President Trump seems to be focused on virtually anything other than keeping Republican control of Congress.

He endorsed a MAGA challenger over Texas’s senior Republican senator, ignoring warnings that he could endanger the seat. He has boasted almost daily about his expensive and expansive new White House ballroom. He has minimized rising gas costs, waving off spiking prices at the pump as “peanuts” last week compared to what he is pursuing in Iran. And even as he engaged over the weekend in negotiations to end the Iran war that he began, Mr. Trump has made plain that he prioritizes his record abroad above domestic affordability, which he has dismissed repeatedly as a Democratic “hoax.”

For many, a new jaw-dropper came last week when Mr. Trump created a $1.8 billion fund to pay people who say they have been victims of “weaponization and lawfare,” including those who attacked the Capitol and law enforcement officers there, on Jan. 6, 2021.

Incensed Senate Republicans, many of whom lived through that day, returned home vexed by a president who appears set on pursuing his personal priorities ahead of the November midterm elections, even if doing so undermines his own party. They angrily abandoned Washington on Thursday without funding the president’s immigration crackdown or the $1 billion he wants for his ballroom.

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The rather lengthy article may be read at
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/us/politics/trump-gop-fears-midterms.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lFA.xKf5.oyfq6uy_D2H5&smid=url-share

Of note towards the end, "But notably it was those headed to the exits speaking out the loudest."

[Blues Heron]

1. In the name of humanity, dump the chump!

Wake up pukes, the future is at stake

[Goonch]

2. ;-{) GOLD RUSH

[lees1975]

3. The GOP losses in the mid-terms are going to be much worse than anyone thinks.

The Republicans, with all of the fuss and flurry of media attention that it got, may have actually gerrymandered a total of 14 seats in about six or seven states. But the problem is that they are measuring the Republican vote in most of those states by 2024 vote totals and turnout. So far, primary wise, the turnout for Republicans has been well below 2024, and even below the 2022 primaries for the midterms, when there wasn't even a pink trickle.

Democrats, on the other hand, are setting records. Pollsters controlled by conservative media are having trouble figuring out what the turnout is going to look like, and that's a big factor. It seems that in several of those gerrymandered districts, the polls aren't actually showing the GOP candidate in the lead. In fact, it looks like they could lose all five of those newly gerrymandered districts in Texas, and lose the one they created in Florida.

And I won't be surprised on Election day when Lindsey Graham is ousted.