Guests argued that President Donald Trump has failed to deliver on promises made before the November midterms. Alyssa Farah Griffin said Trump focused on symbolic events rather than issues affecting costs of living, and noted that losing in 2018 led to investigations and oversight. She warned that putting the Senate into play could increase the risk of impeachment and that Trump should prioritize winning. Democratic pundit Isaiah Martin and journalist Josh Rogin cited unmet claims including no income taxes, no Middle East wars, and lower gas prices. They said independents and states face higher gas prices, inflation, housing unaffordability, and worsening economic conditions, which could hurt Republicans in November.
"He needs to be focusing on the issues, said Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served in the first Trump administration. He got elected on pocketbook issues: the economy, the cost of living. And that seems to be always in the rearview mirror for him. We're talking about ballrooms. We're talking about the Arch de Trump.' Like, these are not things that are helping people make ends meet."
"And I'm a little bit stunned because I was in the White House for midterms 2018 when he lost the House and he lost the Senate. He knows that that is followed by investigations and oversight, something he's had the benefit of not facing for the last two years. If he puts the Senate into play, that puts a lot of things into play, including impeachment. And I would think you'd be focused on winning."
"Trump has not delivered on any of the things he promised, said Democratic pundit Isaiah Martin. He said we wouldn't be paying income taxes, and I think we all pay income taxes. He said we wouldn't have any Middle East wars, added journalist Josh Rogin. He said gas would be down. He said we'd have a dollar-something gas, Martin said. He said he'd cut our energy bills in half within his first year of being in office. None of that stuff happened!"
"80% of Republicans is not a majority of people in this country that are going to vote, Rogin continued. And all those independents and all those states are facing increased gas prices, increased cost of living, inflation. You can't buy a house. Health care, and and the economy is getting worse as the Iraq war goes on. So that's going to look pretty bad in November! And Trump doesn't seem to care."
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