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Posted on 01/02/2026 12:28:03 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
President Donald Trump says he believes the 2026 midterm elections will center on “pricing” as Republicans head into a critical period with control of Congress on the line.
Trump’s comments follow a string of favorable economic reports over the last two weeks showing inflation is cooling and the economy is hotter than expected. The White House is keen to tout the latest data as it confronts cost-of-living concerns that have underpinned a string of Democratic overperformances across the country.
Still, polls show Americans are struggling. Nearly half of respondents said they find groceries, utility bills, health care, housing and transportation difficult to afford, according to The POLITICO Poll conducted last month by Public First.
Trump’s acknowledgment that 2026 will focus on “pricing” underscores the administration’s concern that the Democrats have, for the moment, a popular message. After insisting that affordability was a Democratic “con job”, Trump over the last few weeks has repeatedly sought to reframe the issue, arguing that it was the Democrats under Biden who caused prices to increase and that he is bringing them down.
But one of the looming economic headwinds Trump faces is a possible government shutdown at the end of January.
“The filibuster is hurting the Republican Party,” Trump said, calling on GOP lawmakers to eliminate it “without question.”
Trump argued that ending the filibuster would also pave the way for other GOP priorities, including voter ID legislation. But his push puts him at odds with some Senate Republicans, including Majority Leader John Thune, who have defended the filibuster as an institutional safeguard.
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Pretty sure the midterms will be about ACCOUNTABILITY
Without it the base, which has been waiting since 2016, may not bother showing up.
The problem with “inflation is cooling” is that the actual inflation rate (ie., growth in prices) for 2025 is going to be almost as high as 2024. Overall, absolute prices have slightly risen, and most people were getting killed in 2024, by high prices.
One good sign has been gasoline prices, but they have jumped by 30 cents or more in the last few days, here in the mid-South, and this seems to be mainly due to international tensions, even tho’ crude is only up slightly. US crude inventories dropped sharply (more than expected) - I’m not sure why. Refiners leaving CA can’t be helping - the fuel has to come from somewhere...
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/brent-crude-oil
He doesn’t give a crap about you. And he is so far removed from his “A” game at this point that even a casual observer would know something is very wrong. Susie, his fat piggie controller/ handler/ gatekeeper will never let him know how his base feels, even though he should know more than anyone. She serves the Israeli oligarch sucking this country dry as Zion don arrogantly “mAkeS dEaLz!” giving them more money and more power.
About “pricing” insofar as Trump’s refusal to execute the promised mass deportations will keep housing costs high and basic worker wages low.
Prices and fraud. WATCH!...as liberals scramble to prepare for an IRS audit.
Midterms need to be about gov corruption.
Affraudability.
Yet more trash from Politico who I’m fairly certain hasn’t an ounce of political bias.
President Trump is right. The skyrocketing food prices — groceries and diners — would SINK any administration — not just this one.
Also, many of the tax cuts were greatly- overhyped — as taxpayers are just now beginning to discover. Or only temporary.
These things need to be repaired asap fast now if the R’s expect yo get anything other than trounced, fired in elections.
It would be foolish to bet even two cents on a GOP ticket if the election were today. So sorry to have to say. . Imho, PDJT needs more time to make good on his promises, hopes for America
My a lot of TDS on FR today comrades.
Inflation is up. The rate of inflation is ‘down’. Only political hacks say inflation is down.
I believe inflation is down, but don’t see it a whole lot in prices at the grocery store. If inflation is down since Biden was president, it seems we are still at it only from a starting point of those prices under Biden.
Downright scary!
“I believe inflation is down, but don’t see it a whole lot in prices at the grocery store.”
That’s a disconnect: how can you believe inflation is down if your grocery prices don’t reflect that?
you are an idiot
And BOOM! another Carlson/Fuentes/Owens fanboy exposes himself.
You proved my point
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