Reality can be impossible for people who were born rich and live in a self-created bubble, where they think everything they do is perfect. The vast majority of people in the world have no idea what it is, but it is the world that Donald Trump has lived in his entire life.
For Trump, things are going perfectly in the United States and he is doing a remarkable job. The reality is that throughout 2025, voters across the country, of all political stripes, have carried the message to the polls that the American people are not happy and want change.
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Signals continue to grow stronger that Republicans are facing a potential extinction event in the upcoming midterm elections.
Democratic union leader and machinist Taylor Rehmet defeated Trump-backed conservative activist Leigh Wambsganss 57% to 43%. In a solidly Republican district.
The district is so Republican that no Democrat has held the seat since 1983.
The 14-point gap from Trump’s 17-point victory in 2024 makes it one of the biggest upsets in American political history.
What makes this result nationally significant is that Trump and his party spent $2.4 million to support Wambsganss. Rehmet paid $200,000 and won the election.
Trump did not take the news of his defeat well. In fact, he has retreated into his delusional fantasy land.
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