As Americans tire of Donald Trump, a Democratic midterm ‘tsunami’ could sweep the GOP out of power
It was a wake-up call for America. In January, Donald Trump took the oath of office, declared himself “saved by God to make America great again” and issued a barrage of executive orders. In the ensuing months the US president and his allies moved at breakneck speed and seemed indomitable.
But as 2025 draws to a close with Trump struggling to stay awake at meetings, the prevailing image is of a driver asleep at the wheel. Opinion polls suggest that Americans are turning against him. Republicans are heading for the exit ahead of congressional contests next November that look bleak for the president’s party.
“He came into office and, like a blitzkrieg, was violating laws and the constitution,” said Larry Jacobs, director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota. “The American political process is slow-moving and so he was able to do things that were extraordinary.
Yes, thank you for this small dose of reality.
There are good reasons the Dems are so wildly unpopular, and pretending that they are anything resembling “left” is a massive disservice to the people.
Liberals have shifted to parroting what I can only assume is the establishment democrat point of “we can’t run leftist policies because they aren’t popular and leftists can’t win elections.” Which is ridiculous because their lack of popularity stems from them moving to the right constantly, and is easily disproven because YOU CAN SEE WITH CURRENT ELECTION TRENDS THAT LEFT WING POLICIES ARE POPULAR AND WIN ELECTIONS.
I do not understand the Liberal mindset in america anymore. I used to see them as potential allies but they’ve shown me that they are not capable of being that.
I think this phenomenon stems from a few different factors. Namely, they are paid to shift rightward by corporate donors who want lower taxes and no regulations, traditionally “conservative” policies. This is legal bribery due to citizens united, which is poison policy for any semblance of true democracy. As an example, I think it was something along the lines of half a trillion in wealth the technocrat elites extracted from us just this year - that should be a massive red flag, and yet Dems are working bipartisan with Repugs to prevent regulation of emerging ai tech.
For those few who aren’t so easily swayed, Dems are still relying on the same DC political consultants they have for the past 30-40 years, and those guys still think socialism isn’t popular because of the manufactured hysteria surrounding leftist ideas which they played a big part in producing earlier in their careers. Some genuinely believe it, others may be more nefarious in their motives, but at the end of the day they’re all victims of their own group-think if they actually want to win.
It shouldn’t be surprising that those few Dems who are surging in popularity and winning elections due to actually embracing leftist populist policies are the same ones who refuse to accept any corporate PAC donations.