The Media Made the Midterms About Trump. He’s Taking Them Up on It.

PJ Media ^ | Aug. 26, 2026 | David Manney

[libstripper]

President Donald Trump knows exactly what Democrats plan to run against this November: Orange Man Bad. So President Trump made a decision that has some political professionals reaching for the smelling salts. MAGA Inc. has roughly $400 million in its political war chest, and Trump wants part of it used for national advertising that tells voters what his administration has actually accomplished. The strategy is almost embarrassingly logical. Democrats plan to make congressional races a referendum on Trump. He's accepting the invitation. From The Atlantic:

[libstripper]

GOOD ARTICLE. GO TRUMP!!

[Beowulf9]

When Trump’s term is over the libs will need to detox. May I suggest Narcan.

[SunkenCiv]

What are the media's FR nicks?

• 'The people of Ukraine have an unbreakable spirit' -- Trump, world leaders mark Independence Day with messages of support to Kyiv [08/25/2026]
  • Yair Netanyahu assassination plot revealed: Iran targeted PM's son in Miami [08/26/2026]
  • Trump Says Navy Has Cleared Iranian Mines From Strait of Hormuz [08/27/2026]
• WWII: War Through an Artist's Eyes Combat Artist Howard Brodie witnessed the stark reality of combat and drew what he saw. [08/27/2026]
  • German Reichsrevolver: A Literal 'Blast from the Past' [08/25/2026]
  • Another step toward 5th Gen air power for the Luftwaffe. [08/27/2026]
• Generation Z and Millennials Prioritize the 401(k) Over Social Security [08/25/2026]
  • Who Are the Radicals? [08/27/2026]
• Ultra-exclusive Hamptons yacht club forced to cancel restaurant service after foreign kitchen staff kicked out of US [08/27/2026]

[No name given]

Well said.

[Political Junkie Too]

The LAAP-dog media is constantly pushing the narrative that the young voters are being drawn to socialism and the socialist candidates.

Absent from reporting is any reference to the explosive growth of TPUSA chapters in high school and college campuses, and the movement towards a faith-based awakening in the young.

It's as though the only youth that matters to the LAAP-dog media is the disaffected and radicalized who are rejecting our Founding principles, and are burying any follow-up of emerging electoral growth of traditional values youth movements growing out of TPUSA campus student associations.

President Trump should reach out to the TPUSA youth to counter the DSA youth that the left-wing media is pushing as the only youth movement in politics.

-PJ

[Nateman]

Most Americans don't realize how close this country came to dictatorship after the success of the Biden coup. If not for two RAT senators refusing to kill the Filabuster the RATs would have made their coup permanent. Americans drift along as if it is politics as usual oblivious to just how close we came to losing it all.

When the Communists in Russia made their move many citizens fought back and the Civil War that turned Russia into the Soviet Union was especially bloody. The Democrats would have eventually caused a similar result here, especially after they inevitably tried to take away our guns. The British found out on April 19 , 1775 that was the red line they should not have crossed .

If I were to write an alternative history in which Harris had won a second Republican-Democrat Civil War would be the background of the novel.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[spintreebob]

Let’s face reality:
Tariffs are a loser... a loser for the economy...a loser for elections.
The war in Hormuz is a loser.

The above are the 2 main reasons for current inflation and the voters blame Trump and equate him with the above 2.

GDP is up. The economy is booming right now. (This may be a bubble. I don’t know. Bubble is not on the minds of the voters.) Many voters feel they are not getting a piece of the booming GDP. They are jealous that “the other guy” is getting more than his fair share. That is the reality.

Mutual masturbation conventions in Dallas, Las Vegas are not going to change the voter sentiment.

[ckilmer]

Mutual masturbation conventions in Dallas, Las Vegas are not going to change the voter sentiment.
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those conventions are not about the voters so much as motivating the foot soldiers to go door to door to get out the vote.,

[xone]

May I suggest Narcan.

Rather see Zyklon B.

[dfwgator]

Rather see Zyklon B.

[xone]

Maybe, but I’m not the anti-Jew princess, so I will make the exception. Also considering the Left’s stance, it would be ‘ironic’ and ‘irenic’ after the deed.

[Jacquerie]

Let’s face reality:

Trump 2.0 Accomplishments (as of mid-July 2026) 🔥

USAID and the “Institute for Peace” closed
Negative net migration for the first time in 50 years
2.6 million+ illegal aliens removed (including 650,000 arrests and 400,000 convicted criminals) + 2 million self-deportations induced by ending incentives
Fentanyl trafficking crushed 56%+; overdose deaths down 21% monthly since inauguration
Laken Riley Act signed and aggressively enforced
Catch-and-release ended (99.9% drop); zero releases into the U.S. for eight straight months
Record-low border encounters; Darién Gap migration cut 99%
Largest one-year homicide drop in U.S. history; violent crime (rapes, robberies, assaults) down significantly
Targeted crime operations in major blue cities delivering record-low murders in several metros
Law enforcement officer deaths down 25%
Tren de Aragua, MS-13, and other cartels dismantled; international drug cartels designated as foreign terrorist organizations
Antifa designated a domestic terrorist organization
Gas under $3/gallon in 43 states; record U.S. energy production and exports at all-time highs
654,000+ new private-sector jobs (all net gains to native-born Americans); 671,000+ jobs added since January 2025
4.3% GDP growth in Q3 2025; largest blue-collar wage growth in 60 years; real earnings up ~$1,100 annually
Inflation tamed to ~2.4% core CPI (down ~70% from Biden peak)
One Big Beautiful Bill passed (July 2025) — making 2017 tax cuts permanent, No Tax on Tips, Trump Accounts for newborns, senior deductions
$5T+ in deregulation savings + $215 billion in government efficiency cuts ($1,335 per taxpayer)
$10T+ in reshored/domestic investments secured
Trade deficit at lowest level since 2009; $300 billion+ in tariff revenues collected; Predatory global tariffs shifted in the US’s favor for the first time in modern history
Stock market record highs
Gaza ceasefire + hostage release secured; 12-Day War (Israel-Iran) ended; multiple additional peace deals/accords (Armenia-Azerbaijan, India-Pakistan, DRC-Rwanda, Cambodia-Thailand, Kosovo-Serbia, Egypt-Ethiopia)
Iran’s nuclear capability destroyed + maximum pressure campaign (450+ sanctions designations)
NATO allies leaping toward 5% GDP defense spending
OPEC dismantling
85+ detained Americans released; Abraham Accords expanded
Strikes on Houthis, Iranian assets, and narcoterrorist vessels; Nicolás Maduro captured
South America shifts rightwards; Europe shifts rightwards
Record military recruitment goals met; largest military investment in decades with AI integration; F-47 sixth-generation fighter unveiled
VA backlog reduced 60%; 3 million disability claims processed; 51,936 homeless veterans housed; benefits restored for vaccine-mandate discharges
Transgender enlistment barred; DEI eliminated across military and federal agencies
Over 269 executive orders signed in the term (230 in first year alone — highest first-year total since FDR); 81 memoranda + 158 proclamations
DOGE-driven bureaucracy cuts; IRS IT budget savings of $2B; wasteful contracts eliminated; federal retirement system automated and brought out of a literal coal mine
DEI discrimination banned in federal contracting and agencies; race-based hiring ended
DEI outlawed for college admissions; colleges’ patent revenue shared with taxpayers who funded it
Federal ‘boards’ and ‘commissions’ fired and replaced with conservatives
Washington, DC beautified; reflecting pool refinished
Gender ideology extremism curbed in schools, medicine, and government (minors protected from chemical/surgical procedures); girls’ sports protected from creeps
MAHA reforms launched: Presidential Commission established; Most Favored Nation drug pricing with 16+ major pharma companies; 8 artificial food dyes phased out (40%+ industry compliance); Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act; marijuana reclassified to Schedule III; childhood vaccine schedule revised from 72 to 11 consensus shots; expanded IVF access; $50M autism initiative; new whole-foods dietary guidelines
Massive firings at CDC, FDA, NIH of sold-out scientists; Ralph Baric and EcoHealth debarred; even some arrests
Withdrew from WHO
Crypto regulatory framework via GENIUS Act; Strategic Bitcoin Reserve created; Operation Choke Point 2.0 ended
Sanctuary city funding cuts implemented
Election integrity and citizenship verification measures expanded nationwide; USPS program pending; SAVE Act drafted and run at Congress several times now
Energy dominance unleashed: National Energy Emergency declared; 6,000+ drilling permits approved (55% increase); 13.1 million acres opened for coal leasing; record LNG exports (>100 million tons); nuclear projects advancing toward online status; major energy export deals ($100B South Korea, $200B Japan); Paris Agreement withdrawal
US becomes a net oil exporter for the first time in history.
Trump Accounts launched for newborns with federal seed funding + corporate matching
Farmer aid secured; skilled trades and domestic manufacturing (semiconductors, autos, heavy equipment) expanded
Over 100,000 fraudulent visas revoked; 275,000 illegal aliens removed from Social Security rolls; benefits terminated for 1.4 million illegal aliens; H1-B crackdowns and $100,000 application fees
62,000+ missing migrant children rescued; Alien Enemies Act invoked against gangs
Vice-president-led welfare fraud task force recovering billions and making mass arrests
$2B sent to rebuild Western North Carolina
Massive AI, space, and nuclear investment projects
John Bolton convicted. James Comey arrested. John Brennan under investigation (probably facing a grand jury).
RussiaGate grand jury set up and running in Florida.
DOJ/ODNI seized Fulton County 2020 ballots. Trump is still working on Plans B, C, D, etc, with a ‘new’ integrity announcement scheduled as soon as tomorrow night.

[Tell It Right]

Tariffs are a loser... a loser for the economy...a loser for elections. The war in Hormuz is a loser.

The above are the 2 main reasons for current inflation and the voters blame Trump and equate him with the above 2.

Actually, no. There wasn't as much inflation under Trump's almost 6 years (1.2%, 1.8%, 2.1%, 2.4%, 2.7%, 3.4%)

as during Biden (3.5%, 4.2%, 6.8%, and 9.1%).

Current prices are high mainly from Biden. Before the tariffs on Canada and before the Iran War (unless you count the Iran War as starting before Trump when Iran's Houthi bitches attacked American ships repeatedly in the Red Sea in 2023 and 2024).

[spintreebob]

2026 overall has been between 3.4% and 3.6%. Energy is up 12% . Gasoline is up and people see it at the pump, especially the cost of driving to work. Still, gasoline is cheaper than under Biden. Does anyone point that out...not our friends, not the other side.

Housing is up 5.2%. This is not a problem for the homeowner who is not re-financing. It is a problem for renters and home buyers.

Beef and milk are up. Chicken and eggs are down. Grocery demand is down 1.8% across the board. This is pressure on the grocery sector to lower prices.

But grocery demand is down because restaurant demand is up. Both Fast Food and more formal dining is up.

In a capitalist society we vote with our feet and with our pocketbooks. We have the FREEDOM TO CHOOSE. Voices on our side need to educate the public on this.

DEMOCRACY in AMERICA defined the good side of the US. We do not have DEMOCRACY in government. We have DEMOCRACY IN THE MARKET PLACE. Voices on our side need to educate the public on this.

[spintreebob]

Trump Accomplishments can be broken down into
1) Actions that only the most dedicated MAGA care about. Based on the primaries in GA and other “swing” states these actions do not motivate MAGA to come out and vote as MAGA turnout has been abysmal in the primaries and every evidence is that MAGA turnout will be very low in November as it has no ground game.

2) Actions that independents and swing voters care about. To win in Nov we need to “sell” these accomplishments. They are mostly, but not all, economic
USAID and the “Institute for Peace” closed
Largest one-year homicide drop in U.S. history; violent crime (rapes, robberies, assaults) down significantly
Targeted crime operations in major blue cities delivering record-low murders in several metros
Law enforcement officer deaths down 25%

Gas under $3/gallon in 43 states; record U.S. energy production and exports at all-time highs ... 3.8 to 4.1 in swing vote areas of GA. 3.6 to 3.7 in hard red areas of GA.

One Big Beautiful Bill passed (July 2025) — making 2017 tax cuts permanent, No Tax on Tips, Trump Accounts for newborns, senior deductions ... No awareness of this with voters. A very poor job of packaging and selling this.

DOGE-driven bureaucracy cuts; IRS IT budget savings of $2B; wasteful contracts eliminated; federal retirement system automated and brought out of a literal coal mine
$5T+ in deregulation savings + $215 billion in government efficiency cuts ($1,335 per taxpayer) ... This is the area of biggest votes opportunity and biggest failure ... failure both of not going after more well-known FRAUDSTERS and failure at communicating what has been accomplished ... the MSM does not want to cover this. When Vance or Bessent or anyone is on TV they go along to get along with what the host wants to cover.

DEI discrimination banned in federal contracting and agencies; race-based hiring ended
DEI outlawed for college admissions; colleges’ patent revenue shared with taxpayers who funded it ... Again, a very poor job of covering this. For example, GA welfare staff and IT contractors, over 50 people at $100+/hr every week for 5+ years debated how to best cover DEI data in the database. Not just 2 sides. There were 9 or 10 sides, which is one reason there was no agreement. DEI awareness is a big inefficiency, a FRAUD WASTE ABUSE in government. And it has been poorly communicated by the MAGA/Republican side.

One major grouping in the list is “illegal immigrants”.
One small, narrow part of MAGA does not want to admit that the vast majority of voters, including Republican voters, but especially independent voters, make a distinction that the narrow wing of MAGA does not want to admit.

We are for deporting Naturalized, legal and illegal immigrants who
1) give aid to comfort to terorists and enemies of the US
2) murder, rape...DUI, Drunk n Disorderly
3) apply for welfare or benefits
4) lie on visa, naturalization and other documents

It is expensive and hurts our economy to deport immigrants who work hard, take care of their family, and sit beside us in church.

That the list of accomplishments does not make this clear means they are not “accomplishments”.

Between now and Nov we should be focused on Nov election.
Issues determine how many independents and swing voters will vote.
For the dedicated MAGA voters, issues obviously do not drive them to get out and vote. In my experience, a good ground game of door knockers is the only way to get them to the polls.

If someone else has proven experience where they can prove MAGA Smith and MAGA Jones are sometimes voters who chose to come out and vote based on issues I’d like to hear the specifics... Specifics meaning the names and addresses of those voters.

[sten]

the propaganda media made it about President Trump as republican congress critters aren’t saying anything.

they are determined to lose the midterms.

[MortMan]

I’d settle for 9mm.

[xone]

That works too.