Trump Rallies Congressional Republicans, Urges Them To Focus On Their Wins As Midterms Approach

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump rallied Republican lawmakers Tuesday in Washington, highlighting the successes of his second administration thus far and pushing the GOP to use these victories to win at the polls.

Trump employed his classic “weave” speaking style to point out many of his administration’s highlights over the past year, including his closure of the border, his law enforcement activities that have made cities across the nation safer, his efforts to bring about peace across the world, his successful tariff negotiations, and more.

“We can’t let them forget that we did such a great job on the border,” he emphasized. At one point, he jokingly mocked the fanciful, empty language some Republican lawmakers apparently use, arguing: “We don’t need this bullsh*t. We need to talk about favored nations. And your numbers are coming down at levels that nobody has ever seen.”

“We inherited high prices,” he continued. “We inherited a mess. We inherited the greatest inflation in history. And you know what was knocking it down? The bad economy we inherited. We now have the hottest economy in the history of our country.”

House Republican members applaud Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Republicans gathered at the Trump-Kennedy Center for Performing Arts as part of the House GOP Member Retreat, which specifically looks toward how Republicans can successfully beat Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections this fall.

Each Republican had papers in front of them titled “Six reasons we’ll win the midterms,” with the letterhead of House Speaker Mike Johnson, describing how Republicans must remain on offense.

The president argued that if Republicans do not win the midterms, Democrats “will find a reason” to impeach him. He joked that Republicans should have impeached Joe Biden for a “hundred different things,” but did not because they are not as “mean” as Democrats.

President Donald Trump addresses a House Republican retreat. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

“Fortunately for you, they have horrible policy,” the president said. “They can be smart as can be, but when they want open borders, when they want men in women’s sports, when they want transgender for everyone …”

“We have great, solid, common-sense policy,” he said. “They have horrendous policy. What they do, is they stick together. They never have a ‘no’ vote.”

Trump acknowledged that there is a recent proven record of the party that lost the presidential elections winning the midterms. But he insisted that Republicans should be able to use his wins to their advantage, suggesting, perhaps, that if they failed to do so, their losses would lie at their own feet, and not his.

“I gave you … a road map to victory,” the president said in closing. “You have so many good nuggets. You have to use them. If you can sell them, we are gonna win.”

“We have had the most successful first year of any president in history,” he insisted. “And it should be a positive. Make it a positive.”