Longtime Republican strategist Karl Rove had some bad news for President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress.
Trump is not as popular as a president should be at this point in his term, which could cost his party big in next year’s midterm elections, Rove said during a Fox News interview over the weekend.
“While he has strengthened the support among right-leaning Republicans, he has also sort of lost ground among independents, who at this point are disposed to say, ‘I’m voting Democrat in the midterm election,’” he said.
Rove noted that Trump was elected largely on three issues: the border, the economy, and inflation, but the latest polls show those last two issues in particular are a problem for the president right now.
“To me, what’s ironic is, is that the Trump administration is making the same mistake that the Biden administration made,” he said.
President Joe Biden and his aides insisted that “Bidenomics” was working even as inflation continued to surge.
“Well, now we have ‘the golden age of American prosperity has returned,’ and Americans are not feeling that,” Rove said, calling out Trump and his administration for declaring a “premature victory” on those issues.
“I think that’s a big mistake for the White House and is likely to come back and bite ’em in the midterm election,” said Rove, who helped lead George W. Bush’s two presidential campaigns.
