Fox Business senior correspondent Charles Gasparino says an acquaintance came away “bewildered” after meeting President Donald Trump shortly before the midterms, because the president wanted to talk about his ballroom.
“Interesting anecdote: Someone I know met [with] Trump recently before the midterms and came away bewildered; he spoke a lot about the ballroom not a lot about stuff that matters,” Gasparino wrote on X Friday. “Is he losing it?”
Gasparino said the answer depends on what you mean.
“People I know who know him say he’s a ball of fire, endless energy and is still sharp mentally,” he wrote. “But he still might be losing it in this sense: He has no feel for what animates most voters. He is clueless about their real concerns and the concerns of most people outside his base who don't get off attending one of his rallies.”
Gasparino credited Trump with doing “a lot of great stuff,” including closing the border, ending “the noxious cult of DEI,” protecting crypto from “endless lawfare,” and cutting taxes and regulations.
“Yet he’s losing his feel for what people care about,” he continued. “It was evident in small ways early on particularly when it came to the no win push for tariffs after being elected to make life more affordable for average people and then never fully reversing course.”
“We have a strong economy according to top line numbers as we saw today,” Gasparino added. “But an average people continue to get hosed not just at the pump but when they buy anything. Ditto for small businesses. And Trump never saw it coming.”
In an earlier post, Gasparino went after conservatives who argued with him that Trump’s tariffs had nothing to do with Republicans’ losses on Tuesday. He pointed out that some of the same people had insisted Curtis Sliwa had a shot at becoming New York City mayor.
“Delusional much?” he wrote.