Trump's 'bulldozing' will cost his party in November: WSJ editors
The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board warned President Donald Trump on Thursday that his "bulldozing" will cost his party its majority after the midterm elections.
Trump has been on a warpath over the last week, threatening U.S. allies with invasion unless Denmark annexes Greenland to the U.S. and approving an operation to abduct Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. Those moves appear to be part of Trump's political brand, where he seems to steamroll his opponents with no recourse. But voters seem to be tiring of that, and Trump ought to take heed ahead of the midterm election, warned the Journal editors in a new editorial.
"It’s hard to know what Mr. Trump might do next, which feeds public anxiety," they wrote. "But as his popularity ebbs, so does his political capital. His approval rating has sunk, his mass deportations are seen as excessive, tariffs are unpopular, and even GOP voters disliked his Greenland demands. Democrats took November’s races in Virginia and New Jersey in a rout. The GOP House majority is in peril, and the Senate is competitive. Mr. Trump’s attempts to gerrymander a safer House majority have backfired as Democrats have done the same."
"The ultimate check on power is an election, and on that score Mr. Trump’s bull-dozing governance may be building the opposition that costs his party its majority in November," they added.