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"Trump gets his lowest ratings on inflation, where only 24% approve — down from 35% in January. Inflation marks a rare issue where a slim majority of Republicans (51%) disapprove of Trump. It reaches 85% among independents and 96% among Democrats."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-economic-pain-deepens-disapproval-trump-hits-new-high

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/20/nx-s1-5828751/trump-administration-says-the-irs-cant-audit-trump

Thomas Massie lost renomination to be the Republican nominee for Kentucky's 4th Congressional District. Massie worked with Ro Khanna / is largely responsible for the vote to release the Epstein Files. Without Massie, it would've been harder to get Republicans to vote for it, since they like him in Congress as a fellow Republican. He also votes against Trump nearly 10% of the time. Trump hated both of these -- a lot...

The Massie loss, is a huge win for Trump. It means that he essentially plays kingmaker with any Republican primary in the US, at least in red districts. This, combined with Indiana Republicans losing re-nomination who voted against redistricting Indiana, is strong evidence of that.

This means that we will see pretty much all Republicans, state and federal, fall in line with Trump's desired for the forseeable future. Tonight, they got the message, since Trump hated Massie most of pretty much anyone, that if you cross Trump, you lose.

All parties welcome to answer on this one.

Thoughts?!

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/kentucky-us-house-district-4-results

Trump essentially really hates Massie because A, he led the charge on the Epstein Files alongside Ro Khanna (D-CA), and B, he does not vote with the president 100% of the time, more like 90%. This is expected to be the most expensive primary in US Hhstory.

A good video explainer on the race upcoming tonight: https://www.today.com/video/all-eyes-on-key-state-primaries-trump-settles-10b-irs-lawsuit-263567429533