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5 min readRepublican strategists and top White House advisors are privately warning that Donald Trump’s ongoing military campaign against Iran—what they call the “unceasing Iran war”—is shaping up to be a major liability for the party in the November midterm elections. Speaking anonymously to Bloomberg, these advisors said they see no way to keep the conflict from hurting Republican prospects, and they do not expect the war to be resolved or gas prices to come down before Election Day. The warning comes as GOP voters who sent Trump to the White House to tame inflation and avoid overseas conflicts are growing demoralized, and as the president’s own behavior—posting memes about renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” dancing to YMCA, and claiming victory in Venezuela—is compounding fears that the party is headed for disaster.
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- 1 Trump’s Advisors Warn of Midterm Disaster in November
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- 3 (02:22) **MAGA Republicans in Panic as Voters Turn on Trump** - Bloomberg reporting reveals top White House advisors fear the Iran war and economic fallout will devastate GOP midterm prospects
- 4 (04:06) **Trump's Venezuela Oil Claims Rejected** - Nobody is buying Trump's boast about seizing 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil
- 5 (04:46) **Ranchers Outraged Over Trump's Beef Import Flood** - Trump's move to dump 300,000 metric tons of discounted frozen beef from overseas infuriates his own voter base
- 6 (05:16) **RNC Chair Joe Gruters Promotes Trumpalooza** - The RNC chair is pushing a December convention in Dallas that conflicts with the NFL and the 9/11 anniversary
- 7 (07:12) **Mike Johnson: "It's Not Unlawful for Crazy People to Run for Office"** - The House Speaker bizarrely defends MAGA candidates by arguing there's no law against crazy people running
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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump's own White House advisors sounding the alarm about what could be coming in the November midterms, as they privately warn that Trump's behavior and deeply unpopular agenda could spell disaster for Republicans and cost them badly in the elections.
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