Trump’s Desperate Midterm Gambit Is Backfiring Fast
Trump knows his midterm playbook is failing—and he’s saying the quiet part out loud.
In a revealing interview, Trump-world chronicler Michael Wolff laid out the president’s increasingly frantic attempts to manufacture a headline-dominating “big deal” for 2026—a gambit insiders say is wobbling by the day. Wolff, who has written four books on Trump, says even the president privately admits “this is going wrong” as he flails for an issue big enough to overcome dreadful polling on affordability and the economy.
Wolff details how Trump has bounced from threatening to arrest Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to floating an invasion of Greenland, hoping one of these made-for-Fox spectacles will flood the media zone. The reaction inside his own circle? Eye rolls from aides like Susie Wiles, who refused to pretend Greenland was anything more than Trump grasping at straws.
As Wolff put it: “He has a sense that this is going wrong…‘Then I’m back in court, [and it] won’t be pretty.’”
Editor: Multiple impeachments couldn’t happen to a ‘nicer’ guy.
The reappearance of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth—once sidelined by Signalgate—signals a new phase in Trump’s search for that elusive 2026 “standout thing.” After the boat strikes, Hegseth drifted back into the fold, apparently because Trump wants someone willing to chase the next shiny object on command.
Wolff says Trump has been blunt with allies: 2026 needs a blockbuster. It has to dominate. It “has to play.” But when your best ideas are arresting foreign dictators and annexing Greenland, the problem isn’t the message—it’s the messenger.
Source: RawStory
Editor: If your approval is sinking, just annex a giant island. Nothing screams “strong leadership” like spit balling geopolitical stunts because you’re worried about going back to court. Trump should be really worried about an extended visit to the Hague.