Donald Trump's administration is "wrecking the country" and people are waking up to this, a political commentator has claimed.
Writing in The New Republic, Michael Tomasky says the shortcomings of the president and his team have become very clear in the last month. This week in particular has been poor for Trump's administration, with a slate of at-home and world political struggles straining the president and the GOP.
Tomasky wrote, "The American people are onto him. They’re pessimistic about the future. The distrust goes way beyond the economy."
"Over these last few weeks, ever since the government shutdown, it’s finally begun to sink in on people that Trump and his entire administration are a bunch of raging ideologues or incompetents or both, peddling a fantasy version of their strength that people no longer buy. There’s no longer any doubt about it: The MAGA crack-up has begun."
Trump's "instant, loud, and bipartisan" approach to brokering peace between Ukraine and Russia was highlighted, as was the "bumbling around on domestic policy" with the government shut down dubbed "ridiculous".
Further trouble was found in Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's threat to reinstate Senator Mark Kelly as an active-duty soldier so he could be court martialed. Trump's polling numbers are down, too, with the Democrats pulling ahead of the GOP for the first time this term.
It does not bode well for the Republican Party at the midterms next year, with some polls suggesting the Democrats could sweep up in 2026 and take control of Congress, according to various experts. Trump's decline in polling has been seen across the board, with even Fox News turning on the president as people feel the crunch of the cost-of-living crisis.
Grim polling figures were shared by McLaughlin and Associates ahead of the midterms next year, with the Democrats ahead of the GOP. The generic congressional ballot is now led by the Dems 45% to the Republican's 44%.
Pollsters now predict the Democrats will regain control of Congress in next year's midterms, The Daily Beast reported. 1,000 Americans surveyed by the McLaughlin poll found not only that the Trump administration is "on the wrong track" but that the Dems hold a real advantage in swing states.
