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Trump hints at possible Republican loss in midterms
The Star
|December 15, 2025
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump hinted that Republicans could lose the 2026 midterm elections, despite touting the “greatest economy in history,” in an interview with the Wall Street Journal published Saturday.
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump suggested Republicans could lose the 2026 midterm elections.
(PETE MAROVICH AFP)
The Republican, who returned to the White House in January, has regularly insisted that the US economy is now booming, as he continues to blame inflation on his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden.
“I’ve created the greatest economy in history. But it may take people a while to figure all these things out,” Trump said in the interview, which the Journal said was conducted last week Friday in the Oval Office.
This story is from the December 15, 2025 edition of The Star.
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