Veteran Republican strategist Karl Rove went public in the Wall Street Journal with a warning that stopped every political operative in Washington cold — writing that Trump is making the same catastrophic mistakes that cost Joe Biden and Kamala Harris everything in 2024 and that if he does not reverse course the 2026 midterms could be a bloodbath for the Republican Party.

With sixty percent of Americans now disapproving of Trump’s handling of the economy and gas prices surging because of the Iran war his own officials promised would settle down in a few weeks — some of the most loyal voices inside the Republican Party are sounding alarm bells that are getting harder to ignore. Trump’s base has heard every word — and their response has made one thing very clear — they are not interested in Karl Rove’s opinion and they never have been.