Is Trump rushing to clean his Cabinet for a reason?
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Is Trump rushing to clean his Cabinet for a reason?
President Donald Trump is on a rage-fueled firing spree, soothing his frustration with his dismal approval ratings and his inability to end the idiotic war he started in Iran by axing members of his Cabinet and other top-level administration officials.
In the last few weeks, Trump has sacked Attorney General Pam Bondi, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Navy Secretary John Phelan. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer also left, but given the horrific allegations made against her and her husband, it’s unlikely that her resignation was of her own volition.
And Politico reported on Thursday that more firings could be on the horizon, listing off bumbling fool Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Russian asset Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and drunken loser FBI Director Kash Patel as potential targets of Trump’s ire.
But what caught our eye in the Politico piece is not that these imbeciles could be next on the chopping block, but that Senate Republicans are telling Trump that if he wants to make changes he should do it now, as Republicans could lose their Senate majority and be unable to get his nominees through.
One unnamed GOP senator told Politico that it would “make sense to do it now,” referring to possible firings, adding that, “As we get closer to the election … you never know what’s going to happen to the Senate.”
The fact that Republicans are privately expressing concern that their Senate majority is in danger is the latest signal that the GOP knows it’s in deep trouble this fall.
Trump’s approval rating has hit fresh lows, with a number of high-quality surveys finding Trump sinking to the low 30s—as bad as former President George W. Bush saw amid the 2008 financial crisis and opposition to the Iraq War. And we all remember what happened in those elections.
What’s more, Senate Republican incumbents and nominees are being vastly outraised by their Democratic counterparts, a sign that GOP donor enthusiasm is tanking.
And a Republican super PAC with ties to Majority Leader John Thune reserved the most money for races in red states that Trump easily carried in 2024. If Republicans have to spend tens of millions defending seats in Ohio, Iowa, and Alaska, things are really bleak for the GOP.
What’s more, Senate Republicans are also publicly nudging their aging right-wing Supreme Court justices to retire this summer, yet another sign they fear their majority is on the rocks and thus would be unable to confirm Trump’s picks to the courts.
Ultimately, Republicans are in trouble this fall. And they know it.
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