{"id":384489,"date":"2026-10-03T19:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trump-starts-blame-game-ahead-of-midterm-elections\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T19:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:00:09","slug":"trump-starts-blame-game-ahead-of-midterm-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trump-starts-blame-game-ahead-of-midterm-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump starts blame game ahead of midterm elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/rnGaeEw_XlY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Trump starts blame game ahead of midterm elections\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rnGaeEw_XlY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has locked on to a new excuse for the GOP\u2019s impending 2026 midterm losses: It\u2019s the messaging, not the results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re doing an extremely poor job of promotion and an extremely great job of running the country,\u201d he said Wednesday at the White House. <\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Abby Phillip discusses the different ways Trump has recently framed the Republican party\u2019s struggles ahead of the midterm elections with her Table of Five political pundits.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 How has Trump explained Republican headwinds during the midterm election season?<br \/>\n1:41 Are GOP candidates acknowledging Trump\u2019s polling unpopularity on the campaign trail?<br \/>\n4:54 Republican senator warns that the 2026 election could mirror the results in 2006<\/p>\n<p>Watch 24\/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4eIvlTr<\/p>\n<p>#Trump #election #news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has locked on to a new excuse for the GOP\u2019s impending 2026 midterm losses: It\u2019s the messaging, not the results. \u201cWe\u2019re doing an extremely poor job of promotion and an extremely great job of running the country,\u201d he said Wednesday at the White House. 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