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Donald Trump warned Tuesday of “very bad things” if Republicans lose the US midterm elections, as the US president kicked off a travel blitz under the shadow of unrest in Minneapolis and voter worries about the economy. At a rally in Iowa – one of the first stops for primary campaigns in US presidential elections – Trump said his party must win both the Senate and the House in November despite his own poor approval ratings.

“I’m here because I love Iowa, but I’m here because we’re starting the campaign to win the midterms. Got to win the midterms,” second-term president Trump said in his speech. “If we lose the midterms, you’ll lose so many of the things that we’re talking about, so many of the assets that we’re talking about, so many of the tax cuts that we’re talking about – and it would lead to very bad things.”

In his Iowa speech, the 79-year-old president repeated his claims about a “Golden Age” in the United States and insisted prices were falling for most goods. But he admitted that it may be hard to convince voters in November’s midterms, saying that in past elections “if something happens, the screw turns with the voters” no matter how good the president.

Trump returned to a familiar theme of talking about running for a constitutionally barred third term as president.

“Should we do it a fourth time?” he said, referring to his false claim to have won the 2020 election that he lost to Democrat Joe Biden, along with winning in 2016 and 2024.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Bad things will happen to him. Finally. He’ll be in so many impeachment hearings, he won’t have time for TS postings and golf anymore.

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    6 months ago

    “If we lose the midterms, you’ll lose so many of the things that we’re talking about, so many of the assets that we’re talking about, so many of the tax cuts that we’re talking about – and it would lead to very bad things.”

    It’ll have been two years and you haven’t enacted any of those for the people you’re talking about. Why haven’t you done any of those things yet and still just using it as a carrot dangling in front of these stupid people you’re talking to…

    And I answered my own question.

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    6 months ago

    All I have learned is what that warn us about they want to do, thus if Republicans won the midterms VERY VERY bad things will happen

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    7 months ago

    If Trump thinks it’s bad, it’s gotta be good, so I’m all for the Republicans getting so stomped that they don’t recover for decades.

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    7 months ago

    “Should we do it a fourth time?” he said, referring to his false claim to have won the 2020 election that he lost to Democrat Joe Biden, along with winning in 2016 and 2024.

    Man, fuck this guy.

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    6 months ago

    He’s setting up to blame the democrats for all of his own failures. Once they win the midterms, he can say its their fault because they are in power again.

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    7 months ago

    so many of the tax cuts that we’re talking about

    Damn, it feels like things are pretty dire for him even among his stupid fuck base when he’s going back to just straight-up bribing them with money (of course they’re losing money anyway because tax money pays for itself multiple times over and because his tariffs are directly fucking them over far worse than any breaks he could offer).

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      6 months ago

      Agreed, The only upside to it is if they continually attempt to impeach him over and over with his visually declining health, the stress of it just might bring about his untimely demise.