Donald Trump Running Scared of Republicans?

MAGA Faces Backlash - Trump Running Scared
More and more Republicans are fighting against Donald Trump's chaotic policies. If enough Republicans fight against Trump they could stop him?

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The MAGA backlash has arrived, and basically what they're saying is that Donald Trump needs to recalibrate. This is from the editorial:

"The comfortable win by Democratic Judge Susan Crawford is the second sign in two weeks of a political backlash against the Trump presidency."

They point out that the election became a referendum not on the candidates, but on Trump and Musk. They write that it's a warning to the GOP: the Trump-Musk governing style is stirring a backlash that could cost them control of Congress next year.

The elections are a warning to Trump to focus on what got him re-elected—especially prices, growth, and real income. They write, "The MAGA majority may have a shorter run than advertised."

I think it's over. I really do. I think the MAGA majority is dead. I think these guys are running on fumes.

The question is whether they will be able to suppress enough votes in the upcoming midterm elections to hang on to power. I'm skeptical.

Because the thing they’re genuinely terrified of is if the House falls into Democratic hands, you're going to start seeing congressional investigations of Elon Musk.

There were 33 different federal agency investigations into Elon Musk's companies. SpaceX was being investigated. Tesla was being investigated. All of those investigations, as far as I can tell, have been shut down—largely because the agencies conducting them were shut down, or the people in those agencies were fired by Musk and his teenage wrecking crew.

Now that is certainly worthy of a congressional investigation.

Donald Trump shipping people overseas? Another congressional investigation.

Donald Trump disappearing people with green cards and student visas into a private prison in Louisiana? Good for an investigation.

Elon Musk getting government contracts—there were several billion dollars (I think around $4.5 to $5 billion) that came out of the Inflation Reduction Act for rural broadband. That money was meant to support companies like Comcast or AT&T to run fiber optics or 5G lines to rural areas, giving people access to high-speed internet.

Now, Musk has apparently gotten that shut down and is trying to redirect that money to SpaceX—or rather, his satellite company, Starlink.

Again, this looks corrupt. It looks like he's in a position where he can reward himself.

Musk is only rich because Barack Obama gave him a huge subsidy to keep Tesla afloat when it was in trouble, and because NASA has been pouring cash into his coffers for SpaceX. Yes, he made a lot of money with PayPal back in the day, but the vast majority of his wealth—probably over 90%—comes from government contracts or is the result of government contracts.

And here he is, running our government.

This level of corruption—on top of the fact that he's ripping things apart—is just insane.

And then there's USAID. USAID was one of the agencies principally responsible for the end of apartheid in South Africa. The end of apartheid coincided with the Musk family deciding to leave the country. Now Elon Musk has taken down USAID. I suspect that's not a coincidence.

I'd love to see Congress investigate that too.

These guys have to be running scared.

[tammytate]

'If we nominate Trump, we will get we will deserve it.' -Lindsey Graham

[youwrongwrong]

Good. I hope they are scared just like the people are now.

[bigtuna]

All this loss and chaos in just 100 days. That's quite an achievement.

[jarichardsutube]

"Political BACKLASH Against Trump..." What a WONDERFUL Idea...! Music To My Ears. 👍👍

[Fiawordweaver]

I going to put positive vibes out there that trumpvance are removed🎉🎉 🎉

[dansmith]

They can’t keep supporting this chaos. This is costing way more than politics.

[sensumcommunem]

Recalibrate him right into Federal Prison! He’s going to declare martial law and suspend the mid term election.

[jjohnson]

Thank you Thom!
Learning a lot from you.

[hoochrocks]

You're calling it already? This clown Trump has avoided consequences for YEARS! Why would it change now?

[gcullerton]

completely agree they are out of gas and the bottom is falling out. the groundswell in the country is pervasive.

[TennesseeJed]

... doesn't matter, nothing will happen to hold him accountable.

[doody]

Why would he run scared of a bunch of spineless congressmen?

[kitirena_koneko]

USAID was also investigating Skunkmusk's businesses as well, IIRC, which is why DOdGEy shut it down in retaliation.

[harryquattlebaum]

Reckon Donnie asks, "What would Jesus do"? Nah, he asks, "What would the devil do"? Then he does that.

[mary]

He's not scared. He's too evil.

[johnbyers]

The story I heard was that Musk was turning 18 and faced mandatory military service and left SA instead! So that makes him and felon47 bone spurs' birds of a feather.

[PaulKho-hh]

He know Lady Justice is coming down on him. No matter where he run she will serve him exactly what he deserve.

[gavinsutton]

There wont be mid terms America, you're now a fascist country. 😢😢😢

[ConnieCraneAshmore]

*I'm favoured only God knows how much I praise Him🎉👏, * $230k every 4weeks! | now have a big mansion and can now afford anything and also support God's work and the church.

[carolperkins]

We all need to pay very close attention to our elections.