{"id":346124,"date":"2026-05-23T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T05:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-losing-control-of-the-republican-party-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T06:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T05:00:19","slug":"is-trump-losing-control-of-the-republican-party-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-losing-control-of-the-republican-party-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Trump losing control of the Republican Party? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/s-7VcDY0E74\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is Trump losing control of the Republican Party? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s-7VcDY0E74\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers have long avoided challenging Donald Trump\u2014but that dynamic may be shifting. This week, Trump faced opposition from within his own party on two controversial initiatives: the White House ballroom project and a 1.8\u2011billion\u2011dollar compensation fund that critics say would benefit his allies. Is Trump starting to lose his grip on the Republican Party\u2014or will the dissent prove short\u2011lived?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re joined by Andra Gillespie, political scientist from Emory University in Atlanta, to unpack the cracks in Trump\u2019s dominance, the implications for the midterms, and whether the tactics used in GOP primaries could backfire in broader general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n0:00 Are Republicans finally pushing back on Trump?<br \/>\n0:28 Andra Gillespie on why GOP lawmakers are hesitating to back Trump\u2019s latest packages.<br \/>\n1:32 The controversial $1.8 billion compensation fund<br \/>\n4:07 The White House ballroom controversy<br \/>\n5:33 Is Trump losing control of the GOP?<br \/>\n8:54 Where are the cracks in Trump\u2019s dominance?<br \/>\n10:08 Midterms and Trump\u2019s sinking approval<br \/>\n11:20 Primaries show Trump\u2019s power<br \/>\n13:29 Tactics that work in primaries vs general elections<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<br \/>\n#gop #trump #republicans #dwnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican lawmakers have long avoided challenging Donald Trump\u2014but that dynamic may be shifting. This week, Trump faced opposition from within his own party on two controversial initiatives: the White House ballroom project and a 1.8\u2011billion\u2011dollar compensation fund that critics say would benefit his allies. Is Trump starting to lose his grip on the Republican Party\u2014or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":346125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[129040,132692,129038],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-346124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-have","tag-lawmakers","tag-republican"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is Trump losing control of the Republican Party? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Is Trump losing control of the Republican Party? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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