Voters Were Screaming About Prices. Trump Was Talking About a Ballroom.
As I retire after 34 years of public service, I can reflect on the midterms in 2026 where we witnessed Republicans up and down ballot of the ballot getting slaughtered.
This election was yet another wake-up call that if you don’t listen to your constituents, one will suffer at the ballot box as was just exemplified.
Let me explain.
As many of you know, I have always been an independent thinker and won’t just follow partisan lines if I don’t support an issue. I can count to many examples.
Many of you know, I was a Trump appointee in 2019, which I was honored to have received.
The “calm before the storm.”
Prior to the Iran war, the economy was going gangbusters, the stock market was at all-time highs after the resultant tsunami Republican sweep in 2024.
Why?
Because the Biden administration was NOT LISTENING to the voters that were angry and suffering.
You see, high inflation, high interest rates, horrific open-border ideology and Biden Family (Hunter) alleged and confirmed criminal activity (pardon).
Let’s back up.
I am a proud Jewish Republican. When in the California State Senate, I wrote an “anti-Iran” resolution condemning Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
And guess what… it PASSED!
President Trump, like me, believed that a nuclear Iran would pose a dire threat to our national security
After numerous attempts at diplomacy failed, the Trump Administration had a choice:
- Ignore the nuclear threat and leave us in harm’s way.
- Continue with sanctions (that were not working)
- Military intervention and bomb the hell out of their nuclear hot spots (started 6 months ago).
President Trump made it clear to the American people that we had to intervene and that such a war would be powerful and QUICK!
The problem was that Trump underestimated their military strength and with the midterms approaching, he needed to minimize any troops on the ground and resultant casualties.
Because the war just lingered on, oil prices skyrocketed throughout the globe.
Interest rates rose, gasoline prices (especially diesel) immediately rose and continued to grow higher with mounting uncertainties in the Middle East.
As a result, 2/3rd of Americans, that live “paycheck to paycheck” could no longer afford gas, groceries, and healthcare.
The danger for the Trump administration was that inflation had to be contained and balance that with not having troops on the ground in Iran and expediting the defeat of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
The citizens of the United States were complaining on social media and television about the inflationary bite in their ability to make ends meet.
The citizens did NOT CARE about the new ballroom at the White House and were appalled by Trump’s obsession with TARIFFS further driving prices up.
On top of media accounts of the Trump family monetizing their positions (crypto) including Jared Kushner’s striking deals with foreign governments ($billions).
The people were complaining but the Trump administration was NOT listening.
The American people showed their displeasure at the ballot box the way our framers of our constitution designed our democratic republic.
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