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Trump to barnstorm for midterm rallies to save worthless GOP lawmakers’ bacon

January 28, 2026 | | Print Article

Looking ahead at the potentially “very scary” outcome of the midterm elections, the president began barnstorming in a plan to overcome “something psychological” for incumbents.

If President Donald Trump weren’t term-limited, his Tuesday stop in Urbandale, Iowa, at the Des Moines suburbs’ famous The Machine Shed Restaurant would appear to have all the hallmarks of a candidate kicking off a White House campaign. Though that might not be the case, the stakes remain much the same as the chief executive told voters he’d be traveling the country to ensure Republicans maintain control in the legislature.

After greeting diners — including one who prayed over the commander-in-chief — Trump spoke with reporters en route to a rally and said in part, “I’m going around, and I’m going around because hopefully we win the midterms. And it’s very scary because, like, it’s two out of 50 years or something like that.”

“For some reason, when a president wins — Republican or Democrat — even if they’re a good president, and hopefully I’m a great president — based on the first year I’m a great president, and we had a good first term, too. People don’t — we rebuilt our military, we had phenomenal financial numbers. But I think this term is blowing away, really, every term,” he went on. “But traditionally, when a president gets elected, out of I think 50 years, they’ve had two that won. I don’t understand it. They’ve had two. So we have to — and one was by unusual circumstances.”

“So there’s something psychological if you win the presidency, whether you’re Republican or Democrat,” asserted Trump. “With that being said, the polls look very good. Everything looks very good.”

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It had previously been reported that White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles had laid out the strategy going into 2026, intending to treat the elections as though the president were on the ballot.

“… typically, in the midterms, it’s not about who’s sitting at the White House. You localize the election, and you keep the federal officials out of it,” she had said on “The Mom View” podcast. “We’re actually going to turn that on its head and put him on the ballot. Because so many of those low propensity voters are Trump voters. And we saw a week ago Tuesday what happens when he’s not on the ballot and not active.”

In addition to having to overcome voter apathy, the president addressed the need to break past the messaging of “the Fake News media,” and the manner in which spun narratives can impact elections.

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“Despite the strong efforts of the Fake News media, we are starting to see the historic success reflected in tremendous polls,” Trump told a crowd of supporters bearing signs that read, “Bigger Paychecks” and “Lower Prices.”

“We have great polls. In last week’s Rasmussen Poll, we’re leading among Hispanic voters. We’re leading by a lot. Nobody’s ever seen a Republican lead among Hispanic voters,” contended the president as he stated their favor for strong borders and opposition to crime. “In yesterday’s RMG poll, a clear majority of Americans support our deportation policies by a margin of 10%.”

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