🇺🇸🗳⚡️- RN's Midterm Forecast With A Week And A Half To Go 3/3: Why we think this election will be the first real nail in the coffin for Trumpism. It has been said so many times it's become a meme, “the walls are closing in” “No way he wiggles out of this jam!” etc. This time it's not a joke, the armor that Trump has had around him for a decade is clearly slipping off. Trump’s approval by his own 2024 voters continues to rapidly decline, damaged by the nonstop rampant corruption and the Iran War. Trump approval within the GOP, despite remaining strong on paper, is actually at its lowest since 2015 before he won the 2016 primary. The Iran War in particular has nuked his bedrock fanatical support within the GOP base when looking at not only surveys but also via multiple anecdotes on AM radio talk shows who get callers every day saying they feel betrayed by the war, and that the corruption is becoming unignorable. GOP activists at the local level are also reporting to their bosses and complaining on social media that normal GOP voters are increasingly slamming the doors in their face and voicing discontent with the tone and behavior of the Trump Admin. Anecdotally, one of our writers who lives in a red area reports that for the first time in a decade almost all the Trump flags are gone, only a few remain despite signs supporting local GOP candidates still standing. It may seem stupid and a media talking point at first, but the Ballroom issue has actually been extremely damaging to Trump and his brand as it became a status symbol of unapologetic corruption and apathy from the Admin. When looking at the RCP average of his approval this term we can actually see that the permanent falloff began in late September/October of last year when the privately funded construction on the Ballroom began during the long Government shutdown. Political corruption has become a top issue in this election for the first time since 2016, when Trump himself campaigned heavily on Hillary Clinton and Obama’s corruption. Now however after 2 years of crypto scams, pardon deals, tax carve outs, tariff carve outs, even immigration enforcement carve outs for industries that pay him off, his brand as an outsider coming in to destroy the system has been permanently lost. This energy was what powered his rise and domination of the GOP. Without it its clear that his days as king maker are nearing its end. The Iran War has also destroyed any illusion that he is anti-war and an independent actor. Virtually all non-zionist GOP voters are becoming squishy if not openly against the war, even major zionist figures such as Peter Theil see the writing on the wall and have disavowed the war. The issues of Trump's second term are also more visibly self inflicted than in his first. You can make an extremely good argument that his first term was sabotaged by the GOP who hated him, Russiagate, and dozens of other events out of his control. This cannot be said by any reasonable person this term. All that said Trump still has 2 years to go as President, despite the midterm results. However its clear that as he ages any filters he had are going away and he is acting more erratic and angry in public in ways that were never visible in his 40+ year career as a public figure. Trump's humor and charisma helped carry him through decades, as he loses this he will also lose his personality cult. What comes after is the big question.