Trump acknowledges the possibility of Republicans losing the midterm elections

US President Donald Trump acknowledged the possibility of Republicans losing the 2026 midterm elections, despite what he considers to be the economic successes achieved in about a year, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal published on Saturday evening..

“I created the greatest economy in history,” Trump said in the interview, which the economic daily reported was conducted Friday in the Oval Office. “But it takes time for people to realize that.”

He added, “All this money flowing into our country (is) currently being used to build things: car factories, artificial intelligence, a lot of things. (But) I can’t tell you how that will reflect on the voter. All I can do is do my job.”

Since his return to the White House on January 20, Trump has regularly asserted that the American economy is thriving, and continues to blame inflation on his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden..

He told the Wall Street Journal: “I think that by the time we talk about the elections, after a few months, I think the price level will be good,” about a year before the expected midterm elections in early November next year, to renew the entire House of Representatives and a third of the Senate..

The 79-year-old former real estate mogul, who was elected for the first time in 2016, acknowledged that “even those, you know, whose presidencies were successful,” suffered setbacks..

Trump told the American newspaper: “We will see what happens. We should win. But, as you know, statistically, it is very difficult to win.”

The US President had told Politico in an interview published on Tuesday that the largest economy in the world deserves a score of “25/20” (that is, a rating higher than excellent)..

Trump, who was re-elected in November 2024 on the promise of reducing the inflation rate, confirmed that prices are falling, while many Americans continue to complain about the high cost of living..

According to a poll conducted by the University of Chicago for the Associated Press and published on Thursday, only 31 percent of Americans are satisfied with the US President’s economic policy..

Trump had written at the time on his “Truth Social” platform: “When will the opinion polls reflect the greatness of America today? When will it finally be said that I created, without inflation, perhaps the best economy in the history of our country? When will people understand what is going on?”