It is funny how the Trump apologists are already trying to blame people who are criticizing Trump for what is going to happen in the mid-term elections in November 2026.
To be sure, some of the Trump apologists actually hate Trump and are just using him to execute their interventionist foreign policy. Do you really think that Marco Rubio, Ben Shapiro, or Lindsey Graham like Trump? They hated Trump, and they weren’t all that shy about it 10 years ago. But now they realize that they can just suck up to Trump and stroke his ego, and then they can get him to do their bidding by bombing, invading, and funding foreign countries.
You also have the Trump apologists who probably really do like Trump, or at least they don’t hate him. They like the prestige that comes with being a Trump apologist. For example, Tim Pool went on a rant against Candace Owens with some colorful language, blaming her for why the Republicans would lose in November.
There are many people on the political right who are getting blamed already. It isn’t just Candace Owens as mentioned above. It is Tucker Carlson, Dave Smith, Thomas Massie, Rand Paul, and many others. Sometimes it is even less political people like Joe Rogan, who supported Trump in the last election but has been critical of things coming from his administration.
While the Democrats reign in the White House from 2021 to 2025 was horrific, it would also be scary if the Republicans didn’t lose in November. It’s hard to imagine that anywhere near a majority of people endorse the madness that has been happening for the last year.
Both parties abuse and expand power so much while in power, it is almost necessary to have them alternating. At least the abuses shift. We’ve gone from vaccine mandates to invading Greenland. Unfortunately, the weaponization of the “Justice Department” hasn’t changed. Only the victims have changed. The funding of Israel and Ukraine also hasn’t changed.
Whose Fault is This?
It is hilarious, if not irritating, when the Trump apologists blame the Trump critics, especially people who actually supported or voted for Trump. This includes Trump himself.
Trump attacked Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene, who actually helped Trump when he didn’t have many friends. Thomas Massie was trying to identify undercover federal agents who were at the Capitol on January 6th before Trump even understood that this was a setup against him.
MTG is now out of Congress, and Trump is attacking Massie relentlessly, including attacks against his wife. Trump doesn’t like Massie because Massie wanted the Epstein files released, and he doesn’t want foreign wars. The lobbyists for Israel want Massie out, therefore Trump obeys his masters.
The Trump apologists will blame people like Massie for the Republicans getting wiped out this November. The Democrats will likely take majorities in both houses of Congress.
Is it Massie’s fault that Trump bombed 7 countries in his first year back as president? Is it Massie’s fault that Trump and his administration lied about the Epstein files, claiming it was all a Democrat hoax? Is it Massie’s fault that the administration was arresting legal immigrants because they didn’t like what they were saying about Israel? Is it Massie’s fault that Trump has created unnecessary chaos on the streets of major cities? Is it Massie’s fault that Trump keeps growing the budget and the debt and continually changing tariffs on other countries on a whim?
It is hard to see how someone could have supported Trump in November 2024 and still supports him today. Virtually everything he’s done since March 2025 has been a total disaster. He has been anti liberty in almost every way, plus we get all of the chaos and division that comes with it.
Trump has completely betrayed America First. He has done the opposite of adopting peace towards other nations. He has grown government in almost every way. When the Democrats get in power and use ICE and tariffs and whatever else Trump used to enact their agenda, the Trump apologists will be crying over it.
The Power to Abuse
This is one thing that the loyalists to both major parties don’t get. Or if they do get it, they are just evil.
They complain when the other party is in power. But they never want to reduce that power. They want the power for their side.
Harry Browne liked to say that the problem isn’t the abuse of power. It is the power to abuse.
In other words, whenever there is power available, it is inevitably going to get abused. It is going to get used against your side at some point. The solution isn’t to try to get power for “your side” (whatever that means). The solution is to reduce the amount of power so that nobody can have the power over others.