Tuesday, October 6, 2026

The 'Trump Effect' is no longer helping Republicans

With less than a month until voters determine whether his party will retain control of the House, Senate and governorships in nearly every state, President Donald Trump appears increasingly detached from reality.

Trump is embarking on what aides are calling an all-out blitz of campaign rally appearances in support of Republican candidates in states across the country. In the last week alone, he has visited Oklahoma, Alabama, Ohio, Texas and Nebraska to stump for Republicans.

He says he plans to visit key battleground states including Maine and Michigan, where the GOP is hoping to retain one long-held Senate seat and flip another that has been held by a Democrat for decades.

The rallies follow the same familiar pattern he’s followed for years.

He attacks whatever Democrats get the biggest reaction from crowds, vacillates between topics to the point where his remarks border on the nonsensical, and he ends every appearance by awkwardly dancing to the Village People’s well-known gay anthem, “YMCA.”

But Republicans across the nation are beginning to agree: The president has lost the juice that drove voters to his side in 2016 and 2024, spurred by a wave of populist anger that has now turned against him.

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By Andrew Feinberg

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