President Trump has made a hard turn toward his affordability agenda, which is good because people are always economically uncertain, and especially so after President Eggplant face-planted the economy. It’s going to take Trump a while to fix the economy – both Ronald Reagan 1.0 and Donald Trump 1.0 didn’t get things moving until after their midterms and got hammered. Right now, it’s all about the 2026 midterms – we need the voters to understand that we hear them, that we have their backs, and that we are doing things to make their lives better. The big stuff is done. Trump got an early start on deregulation, the trade reforms and deals, the Big Beautiful Bill, and other large-scale initiatives, so next year things should really get kicking. If you have a retirement account, you’re already looking good. All the indicators are up, but it’s important to get that message out. And how do you get the message out? Messaging.

Part of the messaging is Donald Trump going out there and talking to people, which is important because he’s got to get around the regime media gatekeepers who will parrot the doom agenda of their Democrat masters. While we’re waiting for the results of the Trump agenda to kick in, probably in the second quarter, and certainly after replacing the Fed chairman in May, Congress can finally do something to both help President Trump and put Democrats on the spot. You see, Democrats are always going to oppose whatever we do, no matter how necessary or helpful it is. If Trump is for them, they will oppose baseball, apple pie, the Flag, and cisgenderism – the last one they’ll oppose regardless of where Trump comes down on the deviant question.

Republicans in Congress have been getting grief about not actually doing anything, and their reasons for why they can’t pass laws have some merit. There’s a thing called the filibuster, and a lot of conservatives just sort of forget about that. You need Democrats to sign on to actually pass anything, but one benefit of pushing legislation is that the Dems have to take a position. They can’t just whine. So, we need to put them in the position of either supporting something that the GOP can take credit for or opposing something popular that everybody wants because “Trump is a fascist transphobe.” 

That’s what they need to do on the affordability issue – put Democrats in the position of either giving the GOP a win ahead of the midterms or taking a position to screw the electorate ahead of the midterms. Republicans must start forcing Democrats to go on........

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