Insiders fume as Trump’s biggest fixation causes him to 'strike out' constantly

Sources close to President Donald Trump are fuming, according to a new report from The Hill, expressing frustration over his fixation on a doomed bill that is causing him to "strike out" repeatedly on numerous other issues.

"President Trump is fighting an uphill battle to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, raising questions about why he is investing so much political capital into legislation he has admitted he does not believe will become law," The Hill detailed. "Trump and his allies said it was even more imperative to pass the legislation following Monday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots sent by Election Day to be counted, but at the same time, Trump told reporters he did not believe Congress will approve the measure."

Despite that admission, Trump has remained doggedly committed to pushing for the legislation, believing it is necessary to combat his own false claims of widespread voter fraud. Recently, he canceled the signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing affordability bill, which would have addressed a notable pain point for voters heading into the midterms, insisting that he would not sign it into law until the SAVE Act was passed

Now, sources close to the president are venting about their frustrations with his approach to this situation, with one telling The Hill, "no good manager demands a grand slam every at-bat."

"Singles and doubles win games too," the source said. "The SAVE Act is being run like a grand slam strategy, and we keep leaving runners on base hoping for one instead of taking the sure hits in front of us. Right now, that’s a losing approach: We’re striking out when we should be scoring."

Another source, described as an anonymous GOP strategist, stressed that Trump is wasting time that the party does not have ahead of the midterms.

"You’re creating discord at a time when you’re nearing the 100-day mark out of the midterms," they said. "We actually need to be coalescing your base and coalescing your party, and I think that’s the greater frustration."

While some have argued that the SAVE Act push is just an extension of Trump's effort to convince the world that the 2020 election was stolen from him, the strategist said that pushing for the bill and having it not pass would help him have someone to blame when the party gets thrashed in the midterms.

"He does not want to admit that anything that goes wrong in the midterms is related to him or his brand or his administration; rather, it is the failures of Senate Republicans to nuke the filibuster and get this legislation passed and through,” the strategist explained. “You read ‘The Art of the Deal,’ and it’s you never admit defeat. Even going back to his loss against [former President] Biden, I think he views election interference or that claim as his way to stick to his mantra of never admitting defeat."