Is Trump Gearing Up For a GOP Midterm Defeat?

Some members of the GOP are growing concerned that President Trump may be ready to cave and admit defeat in the upcoming elections.

While publicly bashing some members of his own party for not following his agenda, it’s been reported that privately President Trump admits the GOP may be facing major defeat in the Midterms.

The Wall Street Journal has reported through “anonymous sources” that he has even told aides he doesn’t care about the outcome of the crucial November elections, as his party scrambles to hold on to its razor-thin majority in Congress.

Those same sources say the president has privately raged against the GOP for, as he sees it, failing to do enough of his bidding. Among other grievances, Trump has vented frustrations over the party’s failure to enact his controversial SAVE Act, a measure that would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.

Publicly, Trump has repeatedly complained that the party in power almost always takes a beating in the midterms, seemingly bracing his supporters for a looming disaster that he apparently has confided privately he has no real intention to avoid.

However, when reached for comment, White House spokesman Kush Desai was not “giving up” so easy and claimed that Americans will benefit by keeping Republicans in the majority in Congress.

“The message is simple: if Republicans hold Congress and keep delivering on President Trump’s agenda, American families will have more money in their pockets, secure borders, lower prescription drug prices, better economic growth, and energy dominance,” he said. “The American people have a clear choice, doubling down on President Trump’s commonsense agenda or returning to the failures of the Biden administration.”

Trump is expected to hit the campaign trail as many as 30 times before November, according to the report, with the White House hoping to use him to sway voters who might otherwise not vote.

Regardless of the level of the President’s participation, the sources told the WSJ that the GOP’s midterm messaging will likely focus on demonizing Democrats by highlighting Biden-era inflation, higher crime, and clips of mass crossings at the southern border, with the goal of preventing the polls from becoming a referendum on Trump.

In January, the White House announced that the president would scale back his international travel to focus on a domestic tour hammering down on Republican messaging.

Earlier this month, Trump tried out a new message during his visit to The Villages in Florida, which is home to the world’s largest retirement community. The president plans to make older voters a focal point since they reliably show up in midterm elections, according to The Journal.

Trump is also expected to stage a rare midterm convention in Dallas in September, The Journal reported. The event will shine a spotlight on the Republican Party and its candidates as voters are inundated with political ads.