2026 Midterms : Why it sucks

The November 8th election is shaping up to be a historic turning point for the American political landscape, but above all, a decisive referendum on the future of Donald Trump.

Desiring to reclaim the White House in 2024, the former president is playing his last strategic card: a poor showing by the candidates he supports could definitively bury his ambitions for a comeback.

Deprived of the instant platform of Twitter and no longer possessing the direct levers of executive power, his room for maneuver has considerably shrunk, forcing him to rely on a network of loyalists whose real influence is increasingly contested within the Grand Old Party itself.

The primary results have already cracked the myth of his invincibility, revealing that only about a hundred candidates officially endorsed by him are still in the running, a modest number considering the total number of seats to be filled.

The most stinging defeat came from Georgia, where figures openly opposed to his theories about the 2020 election, such as Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, triumphed over Trumpian candidates in the primaries, proving that a segment of the Republican electorate is eager to move on.

If the polls do not confirm a massive « red wave » aligned with his rhetoric on November 8, Donald Trump could find himself isolated facing a new, more institutional Republican guard, transforming these midterm elections into a political twilight rather than a springboard to 2024.