President Donald Trump continues making his bold promises in the last two weeks before the Midterm elections here in the United States.
He promised to give us 5,000 dollars extra if Americans just turned out to vote for the GOP.
The forty-seventh president, acting less like a statesman and more like a carnival barker, is throwing goodies at anyone who will listen to his increasingly desperate pleas for support.
Trump Looks Like He Will Say Anything to Stop a Midterms Defeat
Trump is promising permanent tax cuts, tougher immigration enforcement, fundamental changes to federal election laws, and comprehensive healthcare reform.
Yet Trump keeps missing the mark.
Because people care only about the affordability crisis, the one thing the president called “fake.” That affordability crisis is hurting the wider economy.
The wider economy is being dragged down not by the Democratic Party, which has been in a shocking minority status in government since January 2025.
The economy is sinking explicitly because of the unpopular (and unnecessary) war that Trump initiated.
A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber assigned to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron flies within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 15, 2024. The B-52H provides strategic options and flexibility to U.S. and coalition senior leaders with the aircraft’s ability to employ a wide range of weapons with precision and deliver a decisive response to adversaries who threaten peace and security across the region. (U.S. Air Force photo)
A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber assigned to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron flies within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 15, 2024. The B-52H provides strategic options and flexibility to U.S. and coalition senior leaders with the aircraft’s ability to employ a wide range of weapons with precision and deliver a decisive response to adversaries who threaten peace and security across the region. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Desperately Searching for Victory
As he madly dashes across the country, campaigning hard for Republicans in states that he previously won by 14 points in some cases (such as in Louisiana), the president is treating the American voters like children rather than hardworking people who vote with their wallets.
Americans are not necessarily looking for handouts.
They want the economy back.
Trump thinks he can promise them goodies (that he cannot likely deliver, even with majorities in Congress).
At a campaign rally in Dalton, Georgia, Trump told his supporters that electing Republicans to both chambers would ensure the government could distribute his promised payments.
Congress would supposedly allocate $1 trillion to finance the program following the election.
No detailed plan explained how the program would be funded, who would qualify, or how the money would be distributed.
Even Republican lawmakers, many of whom are on the electoral chopping block this November, balked at Trump’s imposition into their domain.
Trump is again trotting out his previous election-year promises to ensure people who earn a living off tips get greater benefits, such as overtime pay and Social Security benefits.
Trump is also promising to change estate taxes. Speaking of taxes, Trump insists that if the GOP is not restored to its majorities in Congress, the Democrats will threaten his much ballyhooed Big Beautiful Bill and all the tax benefits therein.
The president says he needs another majority to make those tax cuts more permanent.
Some of the tax benefits therein are already subject to statutory limitations and eligibility requirements. Making them permanent, however, would require another round of legislation.
Missing the Mark
Another piece of legislation the president is pushing is the “No Invasion of Our Country Act,” which would add statutory protections for his administration’s hardline immigration policies.
Trump claims the measure would prevent his successors from reversing major elements of his border-enforcement agenda.
Of course, the president’s execution of his immigration policies is less popular than the notion that immigration laws should generally be enforced.
Many Americans were turned off by the apparent brutality of ICE in the conduct of their jobs.
Others remain transfixed on the economic conditions that Trump’s Iran War caused and are less interested in the issue of immigration than they were in 2016.
The president, though, still seems stuck in his 2016 mindset.
The president also wants to renew his push for the SAVE America Act.
That proposed legislation would add documentation requirements to verify the citizenship of people in America as part of a larger bid to enhance election integrity in the country.
Opponents warn that stricter documentation rules could create obstacles for eligible American voters.
Meanwhile, President Trump has vowed to introduce comprehensive healthcare legislation. But that ship has sailed long ago.
In 2017, the president had the political capital to do this.
His personal animus with then-Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) led to a complete breakdown in the bid to end the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and begin its replacement with, as Trump said at the time, “something better.”
Americans today are strapped for cash. Medical debt is a serious concern.
Trump does not understand that it is a bad look for the GOP to be going after healthcare legislation at a time when affordability is the biggest concern on voters’ minds.
Trump continues making the rounds and making increasingly extravagant promises.
With 13 days left before the Midterms, polls and mail-in-ballot numbers suggest a bleak future for the GOP’s majorities: 50 percent of mail-in ballots are from registered Democrats and just 33 percent from Republicans.
About the Author: Brandon J. Weichert
Brandon J. Weichert is the Senior National Security Editor. He also manages The Weichert Brief on Substack. Weichert is the co-host for The Mario Nawfal Show on Twitter/X. He is the author of four bestselling national security books, most recently A Disaster of Our Own Making: How the West Lost Ukraine (Encounter Books). His next book, Fortress Americas: A New Monroe Doctrine (Tucker Carlson Books), is due out December 8. Follow him via Twitter/X @WeTheBrandon.
