After this week, President Donald Trump might be thinking about moving to Australia.
He lost his battle to withhold the Epstein recordsdata, after Congress overwhelmingly voted for their release. Indiana Republicans refused Trump’s demand to gerrymander their congressional map. And even worse for him, a three-judge panel in Texas ruled that the state’s new gerrymandered congressional map is prohibited, forcing it to make use of its 2021 map within the 2026 midterms.
The Texas ruling can be appealed, but when it holds, Democrats may come out ahead within the redistricting battle Trump began himself. Ouch. However even when the rigged Texas map is restored, Trump’s approval score is tanking, and the generic poll is swinging hard towards Democrats.
As of Friday morning, Trump’s approval fell to only 39.8%, according to FiftyPlusOne. And a brand new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll exhibits that the midterms are shaping as much as not only a blue wave—however a blue tsunami.
Regardless of how a lot gerrymandering Trump forces on Republicans, management of the Home might be a misplaced trigger for the GOP.
Trump is so determined to stave off midterm defeat as a result of if Democrats management the Home, they might not solely be capable of thwart his merciless and damaging agenda, however they may additionally launch investigations into Trump’s corrupt self-dealing, his lawless immigration actions, and any of his different horrendous insurance policies.
Including insult to damage,, it seems that Trump’s MAGA coalition is starting to fray, as Republicans come to phrases with the truth that Trump is a lame duck and that they’ve to begin distancing themselves from their unpopular chief to avoid wasting their very own pores and skin.
Certainly, one other discharge petition was successful this week that may drive a vote on a invoice that undoes Trump’s right-to-work govt order for federal employees. That signifies that Republicans have joined Democrats for a 3rd time on a invoice that goes towards Trump.
As Trump watches his political fortunes deteriorate, he’s began to lash out at everybody round him. Earlier this week, he disgustingly attacked a lady reporter, calling her “piggy.” And he called for a gaggle of Democratic lawmakers to be killed after they launched a video urging army members to not observe any unlawful orders.
Sadly for Trump, being a dick gained’t change his downward trajectory.
