Yeah - Trump is just too childish. He shoots himself in the foot and can't stand any legitimate criticism or simply any fraternal correction. He's and his supporters will lose if he continues to alienate people who otherwise support him because his ego cannot handle it.
It's curious how he can speak with Mamdani cordially, at least on live television - and so harshly treat an ally of his.
Does the MAGA movement not prop itself one as "unity party", in the sense of being composed of disparate groups? I distinctly recall such terms being used when RFK endorsed Trump - can you really have a unity party as defined by the union of people with differing viewpoints when their leader and champion is so against even mild criticism?
Trump truly needs to keep quiet at time and just let people, however much it hurts him - speak their minds. I don't even follow these events, but even I know MTG was hardly condemning the man before he blew up on her, he is completely out of line, and it's not going to help his base [in addition to emboldening his opposition]. I have no stake in this, but for those who do, get that man out of public view for a while.
Well said. I agree with Victor David Hanson's warning that the next year will be full of the Trump Derangement Syndrome as the Democrats desperately search for a theme for the midterm. For example, the attempt to extend Obamacare another year so the next debate would hit the midterm. Another example is the Democrats are arguing that there should be an arms length between Trump and the DOJ while raging that he should require the DOJ to releases the Epstein stuff after four separate Democratic judges have blocked it.
Jim, excellent idea on the “ fireside chars”. Yes the televised cabinet meetings are great but seem to theatrical. Face to face talk with the people. Everyone so tuned in to seeing complex problems/ situations solved in the length of time of a TV program. Trump should admit it’s going to take longer to solve inflation than originally believed. He did that with Ukraine/ Russia peace deal. Hope someone can get his ear. Cheers
In Baseball there is an unofficial statistic known as a “unforced error,” which is when an average player muffs a play that should have been made. Unfortunately, Trump has made a number of unforced errors which have damaged his legacy. Don’t get me wrong, I’m MAGA through and through, but it does seem frustrating when people ask the question “do you support what he has said,” calling women “pigs” or calling others “stupid,” even though I may agree on some level. It’s called “self control” that we are all taught at a very early age!
I’m I a fan of MTG? Absolutely not. She comes off at times as a low class loud mouth and her ignorance shows. But calling her a “traitor,” or saying Marjorie Taylor “Brown” is so unnecessary and unproductive to our cause.
Should the Socialists regain the House in the midterms it’s game over. What could be done in the meantime? For starters, STFU and stop with the name calling. Think long term and stop with settling petty scores.
Trump should get the message out on all the positive things he and the administration have achieved. To date, I don’t recall any fireside chats or even a formal Presidential address.
As for getting illegals out, it could have/should have been done more discreetly and quietly. Did Obama publicize all the deportations his administration conducted? Nope. The optics of yanking people out of their church or school is horrible, although probably rare. We need the Latino vote in order to continue our vital mission.
We know what we’re up against should the left regains power, God help us all if they do. Let’s stop making it easy for them, even though we all need to bite our lip at times, myself included.
I agree with your observations, Jim. I'm now living in Georgia in MTG's favorite town no less. I have mixed feeling about her. She hasn't responded to my emails when I've looked for assistance the past few years and I now don't understand her "quitting" attitude which seems childish to me. After all, how many elected politicians simply quit when they aren't happy or things aren't going their way? Trump's bolstering bravado is disturbing, resembling a lot of spoken BS. There's too much of Trump's so-called "saving the world" theme. These Trump "defects" will likely cost the Republicans votes in the future. He makes himself too visible, IMO. If I hear about the "Big Beautiful Bill" again, I think I'll puke <g>!
Excellent idea Jim. Can he accomplish what you ask? There's also the question of how the media will portray what he says. What we need is a mechanism, a structure that allows personalized communication to every voter, bypassing the media. If we had tiny community districts with educated representatives that could communicate with each voter personally, voters could get better informed. Check www.hearthepeople.org.
Excellent article that needs to reach the ears of those Republicans that do not vote . Our history proves the sacrifice that was made for the freedom we take for granted day by day, by those who gave up their young lives . And here we have Republicans too busy , too complacent , or don’t believe any longer that elections matter not voting . Please the bubble will pop . It will take your personal rights away and we will look like many other “progressive “ left - communists countries very soon .
Is this the Democrat party people are now afraid we will be losing too in midterms? The party that was just required to take out a huge loan, just to keep their own blue candidates winning in blue states. Because their own DNC fundraising is in the toilet?
"panoply "????????? I'll bet he writes for a living.
Regardless, TDS is real, and with a conversation just yesterday I pointed out he has been in office less then a year. It surprised the fellow I was talking with.
From my view a more nuanced hand would be better and still achieve the same outcomes.
OK, with the serious and rapid downhill slide of the "Other guys" to radical socialist and or Communist politics this is a very narrow path.
When you see cities crashing with both ANTIFA style rioters, and increasing debt built year after year, will their lefty side have the will or tools to stop debts that the upper middle class on down can cover?
So the next time your friends from the Left box themselves into a corner, gently remind them they voted for unsustainable budgets and "give me" politics.
Red State continues to keep its head, when Democrats campaign viciously for everyone else to lose theirs. Some well-earned calm, in the midst of this media TDS take-down storm.
Those of us who follow this stuff have always realized that the midterm elections of 2026 had the probability of going in a negative direction for Republicans. Despite the results of the 2024 election, there was never a guaranteed positive outcome for the next. And we’ve learned (though frankly, we’ve known this all along) that the public is a fickle mistress. Regardless of the words of felicity pronounced by even longtime supporters, political love affairs have a way of dissipating quickly; even the most stalwart enthusiasts can be swayed by temperament and/or events.
Let me count the ways (with apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning) that Donald Trump, our President and Commander-in-Chief, has fallen afoul of the public’s embrace.
He could lose support by responding callously to real injustices.
President Trump’s initial response to Margorie Taylor Greene’s criticism of his handling of the Epstein Files is a case in point. Greene co-sponsored the Epstein Files Transparency Act with Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie to force the House to vote on unsealing documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.
Representative Greene – up until then one of President Trump’s most ardent supporters – realized that the president had reneged on his promise to open the files to the public and had not even tried to explain why he simply dropped the idea.
So, Greene joined Epstein survivors at a Capitol press conference on November 18, where she criticized Trump for not releasing the files, despite his earlier campaign promise to do so.
Trump dubbed her Marjorie “Traitor” Greene on Truth Social and claimed that she’d gone bad after he ignored her calls. He hinted that a pro-Trump super PAC (MAGA Inc.) might back a primary challenger against her and that she turned on him because he wouldn’t support her bid for governor or senator in Georgia.
Greene defended herself at that November 18th press conference, saying that, “I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for... I gave him my loyalty for free.” She emphasized she had won her first election without his endorsement and refused to be treated as owing him allegiance, adding, “Loyalty should be a two-way street.”
She’s right, of course.
Resignation and Aftermath
On November 21, 2025, Greene announced her resignation, positioning herself as the “true MAGA champion” cast aside by Trump’s inner circle.
This is all quite ugly and reveals President Trump’s strong points.
In fact, it makes him look petty!
The president’s support could also leak away by his continuing to promise more than he can deliver. Or, by not explaining what exactly he and his Republican Party partners hope to achieve, how they expect get there, and how long it may take.
We would like Republicans to prevail in the 2026 mid-term election. If they don’t, the chaos achieved by his second term will come to a screeching halt. And should a Democrat take the presidency in 2028, well, you know what will happen...
We should want that.
Fireside Chats Called For
The voting public is often misinformed but isn’t stupid. An Oval Office speech (or two, or three) would go a long way in explaining and maybe amplifying everything the president and the Republican Party have done to expose the conditions that the administration had so badly mishandled.
President Trump could pivot the conversation as to how the Biden administration, by printing some $7 trillion in “emergency” funding after the pandemic had subsided had led to the serious inflation that Trump is not able to contain.
It would also be good if he, right alongside Treasury Secretary Bissent, outlined how the 70-year international trade imbalance between the U.S. and the rest of the world had helped China achieve great power status for the U.S. by insisting on inexpensive products. And that it was folly that he and his team attempt to fix those terms by way of more equitable tariffs.
President Trump and the team he has cobbled together (Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Health & Human Services head RFK, Jr., Attorney General Pam Bondi, “Border Czar” Tom Homan, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, FBI Director Kash Patel, EPA Director Lee Zeldin, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, et al.), are the most incompetent team ever to hold these offices and have done much damage in short time.
We have much to be thankful for, the least being Trump’s defeat of “Cackling” Kamala Harris. He has eliminated a crucial low wage workforce, done away with DEI (Diversity! Equity! Inclusion!) at the federal level, exacerbated Iran’s nuclear ambitions, created chaotic relations with Israel, Japan, and other key allies, alienated the military, taken extra-judicial killing on suspected drug cartels, failed to broker peace in a number of incipient and/or ongoing international conflicts, created chaos of critical industries back in the U.S., attracted billions of dollars in new investments for his family from around the world, and, well, we simply need him out of here.
If Democrats take the House in 2026, it’ll get ugly. We’ll be able to restore justice and resolve the bickering over the panoply of crap that his party has embraced.
This proposed series of fireside chats defining how bad it has really become – would go a long way in explaining to the public in how vital the stakes are and why he should be eliminated from the job.
The chats would go a long way too in shoring up his impeachment… and his supporters.
The full Armor Of God is invoked with Our Helmet of Salvation with Our feet fitted with the readiness to stand firm against the powers of evilness all Foreign and Domestic enemies we have donned oir shield of Faith wearing the breastplate of Righteousness ready to strike them down with the sword of the spirit in his Mighty Name the One True King Jesus Christ praying for all the living saints with all sorts of prayers from the Gospels of Peace This Pray fearlessly as I should in the Name of Jesus Christ Our one true King Hallujah Amen! 💯💯💯💯💯💯🕊🕊♥️♥️🙏🙏✨️✨️❤️❤️
This is so important and I pray that our President will realize this before it’s to late.
Yeah - Trump is just too childish. He shoots himself in the foot and can't stand any legitimate criticism or simply any fraternal correction. He's and his supporters will lose if he continues to alienate people who otherwise support him because his ego cannot handle it.
It's curious how he can speak with Mamdani cordially, at least on live television - and so harshly treat an ally of his.
Does the MAGA movement not prop itself one as "unity party", in the sense of being composed of disparate groups? I distinctly recall such terms being used when RFK endorsed Trump - can you really have a unity party as defined by the union of people with differing viewpoints when their leader and champion is so against even mild criticism?
Trump truly needs to keep quiet at time and just let people, however much it hurts him - speak their minds. I don't even follow these events, but even I know MTG was hardly condemning the man before he blew up on her, he is completely out of line, and it's not going to help his base [in addition to emboldening his opposition]. I have no stake in this, but for those who do, get that man out of public view for a while.
Well said. I agree with Victor David Hanson's warning that the next year will be full of the Trump Derangement Syndrome as the Democrats desperately search for a theme for the midterm. For example, the attempt to extend Obamacare another year so the next debate would hit the midterm. Another example is the Democrats are arguing that there should be an arms length between Trump and the DOJ while raging that he should require the DOJ to releases the Epstein stuff after four separate Democratic judges have blocked it.
Jim, excellent idea on the “ fireside chars”. Yes the televised cabinet meetings are great but seem to theatrical. Face to face talk with the people. Everyone so tuned in to seeing complex problems/ situations solved in the length of time of a TV program. Trump should admit it’s going to take longer to solve inflation than originally believed. He did that with Ukraine/ Russia peace deal. Hope someone can get his ear. Cheers
In Baseball there is an unofficial statistic known as a “unforced error,” which is when an average player muffs a play that should have been made. Unfortunately, Trump has made a number of unforced errors which have damaged his legacy. Don’t get me wrong, I’m MAGA through and through, but it does seem frustrating when people ask the question “do you support what he has said,” calling women “pigs” or calling others “stupid,” even though I may agree on some level. It’s called “self control” that we are all taught at a very early age!
I’m I a fan of MTG? Absolutely not. She comes off at times as a low class loud mouth and her ignorance shows. But calling her a “traitor,” or saying Marjorie Taylor “Brown” is so unnecessary and unproductive to our cause.
Should the Socialists regain the House in the midterms it’s game over. What could be done in the meantime? For starters, STFU and stop with the name calling. Think long term and stop with settling petty scores.
Trump should get the message out on all the positive things he and the administration have achieved. To date, I don’t recall any fireside chats or even a formal Presidential address.
As for getting illegals out, it could have/should have been done more discreetly and quietly. Did Obama publicize all the deportations his administration conducted? Nope. The optics of yanking people out of their church or school is horrible, although probably rare. We need the Latino vote in order to continue our vital mission.
We know what we’re up against should the left regains power, God help us all if they do. Let’s stop making it easy for them, even though we all need to bite our lip at times, myself included.
I agree with your observations, Jim. I'm now living in Georgia in MTG's favorite town no less. I have mixed feeling about her. She hasn't responded to my emails when I've looked for assistance the past few years and I now don't understand her "quitting" attitude which seems childish to me. After all, how many elected politicians simply quit when they aren't happy or things aren't going their way? Trump's bolstering bravado is disturbing, resembling a lot of spoken BS. There's too much of Trump's so-called "saving the world" theme. These Trump "defects" will likely cost the Republicans votes in the future. He makes himself too visible, IMO. If I hear about the "Big Beautiful Bill" again, I think I'll puke <g>!
Excellent idea Jim. Can he accomplish what you ask? There's also the question of how the media will portray what he says. What we need is a mechanism, a structure that allows personalized communication to every voter, bypassing the media. If we had tiny community districts with educated representatives that could communicate with each voter personally, voters could get better informed. Check www.hearthepeople.org.
Excellent article that needs to reach the ears of those Republicans that do not vote . Our history proves the sacrifice that was made for the freedom we take for granted day by day, by those who gave up their young lives . And here we have Republicans too busy , too complacent , or don’t believe any longer that elections matter not voting . Please the bubble will pop . It will take your personal rights away and we will look like many other “progressive “ left - communists countries very soon .
Is this the Democrat party people are now afraid we will be losing too in midterms? The party that was just required to take out a huge loan, just to keep their own blue candidates winning in blue states. Because their own DNC fundraising is in the toilet?
https://conservativebrief.com/dnc-out-96945/?utm_source=CB&utm_medium=ProTrumpNews
"panoply "????????? I'll bet he writes for a living.
Regardless, TDS is real, and with a conversation just yesterday I pointed out he has been in office less then a year. It surprised the fellow I was talking with.
From my view a more nuanced hand would be better and still achieve the same outcomes.
OK, with the serious and rapid downhill slide of the "Other guys" to radical socialist and or Communist politics this is a very narrow path.
When you see cities crashing with both ANTIFA style rioters, and increasing debt built year after year, will their lefty side have the will or tools to stop debts that the upper middle class on down can cover?
So the next time your friends from the Left box themselves into a corner, gently remind them they voted for unsustainable budgets and "give me" politics.
Good article Mr. Buckley.
Red State continues to keep its head, when Democrats campaign viciously for everyone else to lose theirs. Some well-earned calm, in the midst of this media TDS take-down storm.
https://redstate.com/adam-turner/2025/11/24/it-would-be-nice-if-the-democrat-elites-would-stop-undermining-the-republic-n2196458
Please see edits below...
I’m confident.
Those of us who follow this stuff have always realized that the midterm elections of 2026 had the probability of going in a negative direction for Republicans. Despite the results of the 2024 election, there was never a guaranteed positive outcome for the next. And we’ve learned (though frankly, we’ve known this all along) that the public is a fickle mistress. Regardless of the words of felicity pronounced by even longtime supporters, political love affairs have a way of dissipating quickly; even the most stalwart enthusiasts can be swayed by temperament and/or events.
Let me count the ways (with apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning) that Donald Trump, our President and Commander-in-Chief, has fallen afoul of the public’s embrace.
He could lose support by responding callously to real injustices.
President Trump’s initial response to Margorie Taylor Greene’s criticism of his handling of the Epstein Files is a case in point. Greene co-sponsored the Epstein Files Transparency Act with Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie to force the House to vote on unsealing documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.
Representative Greene – up until then one of President Trump’s most ardent supporters – realized that the president had reneged on his promise to open the files to the public and had not even tried to explain why he simply dropped the idea.
So, Greene joined Epstein survivors at a Capitol press conference on November 18, where she criticized Trump for not releasing the files, despite his earlier campaign promise to do so.
Trump dubbed her Marjorie “Traitor” Greene on Truth Social and claimed that she’d gone bad after he ignored her calls. He hinted that a pro-Trump super PAC (MAGA Inc.) might back a primary challenger against her and that she turned on him because he wouldn’t support her bid for governor or senator in Georgia.
Greene defended herself at that November 18th press conference, saying that, “I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for... I gave him my loyalty for free.” She emphasized she had won her first election without his endorsement and refused to be treated as owing him allegiance, adding, “Loyalty should be a two-way street.”
She’s right, of course.
Resignation and Aftermath
On November 21, 2025, Greene announced her resignation, positioning herself as the “true MAGA champion” cast aside by Trump’s inner circle.
This is all quite ugly and reveals President Trump’s strong points.
In fact, it makes him look petty!
The president’s support could also leak away by his continuing to promise more than he can deliver. Or, by not explaining what exactly he and his Republican Party partners hope to achieve, how they expect get there, and how long it may take.
We would like Republicans to prevail in the 2026 mid-term election. If they don’t, the chaos achieved by his second term will come to a screeching halt. And should a Democrat take the presidency in 2028, well, you know what will happen...
We should want that.
Fireside Chats Called For
The voting public is often misinformed but isn’t stupid. An Oval Office speech (or two, or three) would go a long way in explaining and maybe amplifying everything the president and the Republican Party have done to expose the conditions that the administration had so badly mishandled.
President Trump could pivot the conversation as to how the Biden administration, by printing some $7 trillion in “emergency” funding after the pandemic had subsided had led to the serious inflation that Trump is not able to contain.
It would also be good if he, right alongside Treasury Secretary Bissent, outlined how the 70-year international trade imbalance between the U.S. and the rest of the world had helped China achieve great power status for the U.S. by insisting on inexpensive products. And that it was folly that he and his team attempt to fix those terms by way of more equitable tariffs.
President Trump and the team he has cobbled together (Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Health & Human Services head RFK, Jr., Attorney General Pam Bondi, “Border Czar” Tom Homan, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, FBI Director Kash Patel, EPA Director Lee Zeldin, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, et al.), are the most incompetent team ever to hold these offices and have done much damage in short time.
We have much to be thankful for, the least being Trump’s defeat of “Cackling” Kamala Harris. He has eliminated a crucial low wage workforce, done away with DEI (Diversity! Equity! Inclusion!) at the federal level, exacerbated Iran’s nuclear ambitions, created chaotic relations with Israel, Japan, and other key allies, alienated the military, taken extra-judicial killing on suspected drug cartels, failed to broker peace in a number of incipient and/or ongoing international conflicts, created chaos of critical industries back in the U.S., attracted billions of dollars in new investments for his family from around the world, and, well, we simply need him out of here.
If Democrats take the House in 2026, it’ll get ugly. We’ll be able to restore justice and resolve the bickering over the panoply of crap that his party has embraced.
This proposed series of fireside chats defining how bad it has really become – would go a long way in explaining to the public in how vital the stakes are and why he should be eliminated from the job.
The chats would go a long way too in shoring up his impeachment… and his supporters.
CANNOT AGREE MORE!!!
The full Armor Of God is invoked with Our Helmet of Salvation with Our feet fitted with the readiness to stand firm against the powers of evilness all Foreign and Domestic enemies we have donned oir shield of Faith wearing the breastplate of Righteousness ready to strike them down with the sword of the spirit in his Mighty Name the One True King Jesus Christ praying for all the living saints with all sorts of prayers from the Gospels of Peace This Pray fearlessly as I should in the Name of Jesus Christ Our one true King Hallujah Amen! 💯💯💯💯💯💯🕊🕊♥️♥️🙏🙏✨️✨️❤️❤️