President Donald Trump’s focus on his legacy instead of GOP candidates has left Republican insiders expecting a “real punch to the gut” in November.
Trump told reporters recently he doesn’t care about the midterms. According to a NOTUS report drawing on more than a dozen Republican lawmakers and officials, his party believes him.
“He was in a friend-gathering mode before,” one anonymous GOP operative said. “And now he doesn’t give a s—.”
The picture outside the White House is just as grim. Brookings Institution analysts now say key indicators point to substantial Democratic gains in November, including a new House majority.
A CNN analysis published Sunday found that subtraction, not addition, is the central GOP threat — Trump’s slipping approval among his own 2024 voters risks them simply staying home.
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