{"id":390201,"date":"2026-10-22T01:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T01:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:00:22","slug":"is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon &#8211; or risk? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/pKrQEtxw3SA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon - or risk? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pKrQEtxw3SA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump still dominates the Republican Party, but with the 2026 midterm approaching and his approval at 35%, some candidates in competitive races are quietly keeping their distance. The US president\u2019s endorsement can still help decide a primary election to pick candidates. But in a general election against Democrats, Trump could cost the Republican votes from moderates and swing voters. DW talks to Republican strategist Barret Marson about how some Republican candidates are subtly criticizing Trump\u2019s policies, which are driving up inflation and perpetuating unpopular wars. And Nicolas Veron from the Peterson Institute discusses how Republicans have failed to find an alternative strategy.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Is Trump\u2019s grip on the Republican Party weakening?<br \/>\n00:57 Trump 2.0 and a 25% approval rating<br \/>\n01:47 Some Republicans are nervous<br \/>\n02:48 Trump&#8217;s victories &#8211; and liabilities<br \/>\n03:55 An administration like no other<br \/>\n04:54 Candidates gingering breaking from Trump<br \/>\n06:40 The endorsement: Primary vs. General election<br \/>\n07:25 The Trumpian Republican strategy<br \/>\n08:11 Post-Trump Republicans?<br \/>\n09:05 Will Republicans blame Trump?<\/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<br \/>\n\u25baReddit: https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/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#dwcurrentaffairs #Trump #Republicans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump still dominates the Republican Party, but with the 2026 midterm approaching and his approval at 35%, some candidates in competitive races are quietly keeping their distance. The US president\u2019s endorsement can still help decide a primary election to pick candidates. But in a general election against Democrats, Trump could cost the Republican votes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":390202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-390201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon - or risk? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon - or risk? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon - or risk? | DW News | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon - or risk? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-22T00:00:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/pKrQEtxw3SA\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"headline\":\"Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon &#8211; or risk? | DW News\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-22T00:00:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":236,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-3292.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"DW News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon - or risk? | DW News | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-3292.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-22T00:00:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"description\":\"Watch Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon - or risk? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-3292.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-3292.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon &#8211; or risk? | DW News\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon - or risk? | DW News | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon - or risk? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon - or risk? | DW News | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon - or risk? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2026-10-22T00:00:22+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/pKrQEtxw3SA\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"headline":"Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon &#8211; or risk? | DW News","datePublished":"2026-10-22T00:00:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/"},"wordCount":236,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-3292.jpg","articleSection":["DW News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/","name":"Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon - or risk? | DW News | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-3292.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-22T00:00:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"description":"Watch Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon - or risk? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-3292.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-3292.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-still-the-republicans-biggest-weapon-or-risk-dw-news\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Is Trump still the Republican\u2019s biggest weapon &#8211; or risk? | DW News"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390201"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=390201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}