Even amid the chaos Trump is causing at home and abroad, there are still midterm elections looming, and you don’t have to look further than Congress to see that the upcoming elections are already factoring into the political calculations.
In the Senate, five Republicans angered Trump by voting with Democrats on a resolution to amend the War Powers Act to prevent Trump from taking further action in Venezuela. In the House of Representatives, dozens of Republicans broke with Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson to approve a three-year extension of Obamacare subsidies. while tens of millions of Americans face skyrocketing health insurance premiums.
New jobs figures suggest the country has had its worst year of job creation since 2003 under Trump, and the vast majority of Americans believe the economy is in a downward spiral. Throw in an invasion of Venezuela that no one asked for, and the killing of a US citizen by ICE in Minneapolis, and things are definitely going badly for Trump.
The situation in the country is so bad that even Trump, who seems to spend most of his waking moments creating and living in false realities, is trying to manage expectations for the November midterm elections.
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