Posted on 03/31/2026 5:21:35 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
White House officials have privately discussed their concerns about recent internal and public polling on the economy and President Trump and have been trying to drum up new strategies to prevent GOP losses in the midterm elections, sources briefed on the conversations told CBS News.
Senior aides, including chief of staff Susie Wiles and deputy chief of staff James Blair, regularly brief the president on the latest polling on voter sentiment.
A central focus is the dissatisfaction of independent voters, whose economic angst has risen since the president's tariffs triggered global economic uncertainty and gas prices began to spike as a result of the U.S. military action against Iran.
On Tuesday, gasoline prices in the U.S. topped $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022, according to AAA. Several officials concede there will be Republican losses in the midterms if they don't turn around the trending numbers.
A Republican source says the House will be difficult for the GOP, but Republicans expect to retain control of the Senate.
CBS News' recent polling found Mr. Trump's approval rating among independents is 31%, with 69% who disapprove.
Wiles has repeatedly asked administration officials for ideas for initiatives to lower costs, an ongoing directive since the beginning of Mr. Trump's second administration.
"When Operation Epic Fury is complete, gas prices will plummet back to the multi-year lows American drivers enjoyed before these short-term disruptions," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Tuesday.
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Duh!
The GOP goose is already cooked...
God bless President Trump and those pilots who flew 24 hours to temper Iran's nukes.
The world is just a little safer.
God watch over our troops, our Commander in Chief and his family and our Nation.
8 months out. LOL!!
I was going to post something similar, this is only to give the liberals a tingle up their leg reading headlines like this.
Anybody with half a brain knows Democrats
are the reason our fuel prices are so high.
Sure, fuel suppliers have to make profits,
but a pretty significant part of the cost
of fuel is Democrat voted taxes.
Sources say....
Paint this however you dorks want
It’s midterms and the opposing side loses 90% of the time....
“this is only to give the liberals a tingle up their leg reading headlines like this.”
LOL! Your right.
However, it gives the FR-Antifa wing of FR some hope. ;)
Trump #!
Spike to levels still lower than under Biden.
Thank the party of Thune.
Yep, the GOPe has done nothing since passing the BBB, except piling on $6 billion a day on the national debt. And the puke Senate can’t even push the SAVE Act over the finish line in spite of an overwhelming of the American popuklation wanting it..
The number of votes will be dismally low in spite of a lot less of illegal’s votes. I suspect the GOPe turnout this fall will be the lowest in decades.
Very shaky sources on this one. No direct quotes backing up their headline — just innuendo. More agenda urinalism.
“It’s a balancing act...I don’t mind paying more for gas as the price for reducing Iran’s power of the world.”
The price to the US and the world of nuclear-armed (or “just” ICBM-armed) Islamic fundamentalists is incalculable.
Nope.
you hope and pray, you leftist stooge
The GOP hates Trump and his plans...
I doubt the GOP passes the Save Act.
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