After this week, President Donald Trump might be fascinated by transferring to Australia.
He misplaced his battle to withhold the Epstein recordsdata, after Congress overwhelmingly voted for his or her launch. Indiana Republicans refused Trump’s demand to gerrymander their congressional map. And even worse for him, a three-judge panel in Texas dominated that the state’s new gerrymandered congressional map is illegitimate, forcing it to make use of its 2021 map within the 2026 midterms.
The Texas ruling will likely be appealed, but when it holds, Democrats could come out forward within the redistricting battle Trump began himself. Ouch. However even when the rigged Texas map is restored, Trump’s approval ranking is tanking, and the generic poll is swinging laborious towards Democrats.
A cartoon by Mike Luckovich.
Regardless of how a lot gerrymandering Trump forces on Republicans, management of the Home may very well 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 to thwart his merciless and damaging agenda, however they might additionally launch investigations into Trump’s corrupt self-dealing, his lawless immigration actions, and any of his different horrendous insurance policies.
Including insult to harm,, it seems that Trump’s MAGA coalition is beginning 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 profitable this week that may pressure a vote on a invoice that undoes Trump’s right-to-work govt order for federal staff. That implies that Republicans have joined Democrats for a 3rd time on a invoice that goes in opposition to 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 known as for a bunch of Democratic lawmakers to be killed after they launched a video urging navy members to not comply with any unlawful orders.
Sadly for Trump, being a dick received’t change his downward trajectory.
