Trump Predicts Republicans ‘Should Do Fantastically Well’ in Midterms

President Donald Trump on Tuesday predicted that Republicans should perform well during the November 2026 midterm elections but warned of significant losses if they don’t. During a meeting with Republican senators at the White House’s Rose Garden, Trump predicted that the GOP “should do fantastically well” during the 2026 elections. Historically, the party of a new president has a tendency to lose congressional seats in elections two years later, although Trump is currently serving out his second, nonconsecutive term. Democrats were able to wrest control from Republicans during the 2018 midterm elections after Trump won the first time in 2016. In the midterm elections in 2022, two years after President Joe Biden’s win, the Republican Party won control of the House....