One week changed everything: Right winger predicts GOP's midterm failure

American Conservative writer Jason Lewis says it’s all but certain that President Donald Trump has blown it for Republicans in November.

“Oh what a difference a week makes,” said Lewis. “Way back then, we were talking about the State of the Union. You know, a unique set of domestic problems that America First solutions were going to fix: Replacing income taxes with tariffs, reducing a Democrat-driven cost of living, combating fraud and urban crime, ending ‘identity politics,’ acknowledging biological reality, voter ID, and secure ballots.”

Lewis points out that Trump even deftly challenged “his radical opposition (Democrats)” to reaffirm that “the first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens…”

“They did not,” said Lewis, “and it was their bizarre agenda, we thought, that would be at the heart of the midterm elections in eight months.” But now, all bets are off.

“Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reportedly warned the president of munitions and deployment constraints and is now adding forces in the Middle East,” said Lewis. And Iran is four times the size of Iraq with more 90 million angry people—now good and furious that the Ayatollah Khamenei is gone. And no one knows how many ballistic missiles Iran has left.

This is not how you express your “first duty of the American government … to protect American citizens,” as Trump challenged — and Lewis worries that voters are going to remind Republicans of this in November.

“Trump personifies his own movement, so perhaps he has the prerogative of redefining it,” Lewis said, but it will be a marvel if Trump manages to convince a staunchly anti-neo-conservative nation to suddenly get onboard with “regime change.”

“[W]hatever side you may be on and however you parse it, it’s at odds with a whole lot of Trump supporters,” said Lewis. “The only thing that those of us who harbor doubts about it can say is, ‘I hope he’s right.’ Because if he’s not, the midterms are finished — and so is America First.”

Lewis said charismatic MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk “understood” the risk of a “perpetual military industrial complex,” but Kirk is gone.

“The rest of the so-called ‘conservative’ media are already rethinking their Johnny-come-lately MAGA conversion,” fretted Lewis. “And make no mistake, the GOP in Congress is poised to snap back to the Bush–McConnell status quo quicker than you can say RINO.”

Lewis said he personally hopes the future works out for Trump, “because now he owns it.”