one Trump has suggested should be the 51st state<\/u><\/a> \u2014 when Trump became involved. But on this side of the border, GOP strategists, pollsters and party leaders said they were unbothered by the outcome and dismissed any trouble that may lie ahead for Republicans in the midterms.<\/p>\n\u201cNot concerned. Change takes time,\u201d said Alex Stroman, former executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party.<\/p>\n
Or as Sen. Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), put it on Tuesday, \u201cI wouldn’t look at it so much as a backlash.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s allies in the GOP have a long history of discounting reasons for concern about Trump\u2019s political standing \u2013 sometimes accurately, as during legal proceedings that many observers predicted could derail him in the 2024 presidential primary, and sometimes inaccurately, as in the run-up to his loss in 2020.<\/p>\n
Even as Republicans remain publicly confident, there are real signs of vulnerability for Trump today. Recent polling showed that the president has record low approval ratings 100 days after his second inauguration. And Trump\u2019s tariffs \u2014 which have wreaked havoc on both financial markets and business’ ability to plan for the future \u2014 have angered other longtime allies as he pursues an isolationist trade agenda, like the European Union.<\/p>\n
Yet in Republican circles in Washington, the collective response was more akin to: \u201cEh?\u201d<\/p>\n
A GOP consultant, granted anonymity in order to speak freely, said the outcome was a \u201cpretty specific result based on the tariffs and 51st state trolling.\u201d But when it comes to the midterms, \u201cother factors will come into play domestically,\u201d like the potential for empty grocery shelves or a recession as a result of retaliatory tariffs imposed by U.S. trading partners.<\/p>\n
When it comes to the Canadian election, Republicans dismissed it as a foreign country\u2019s result. Or they minimized Trump\u2019s involvement. Or they took comfort in the fact that the midterms are still more than a year off.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t think you can draw any broad conclusions to the 2026 midterms other than that for Republicans to win a majority, they need to deliver on their promises,\u201d said Adam Kincaid, who heads the National Republican Redistricting Trust.<\/p>\n
He brushed off concerns about Trump\u2019s perceived unforced errors, like the trolling of the former prime minister by referring to him as \u201cGovernor Trudeau\u201d or repeatedly blaming fentanyl crossing the Canadian border as the impetus for imposing heavy tariffs, as minimal effects on domestic elections next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy only concern with the midterms is Republicans not being motivated to turn out,\u201d Kincaid said. \u201cPassing President Trump\u2019s \u2018big beautiful bill\u2019 is the best thing Republicans can do to deliver on the president\u2019s promises and motivate our voters to vote in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some Republicans even speculated<\/u><\/a> that Carney and Trump\u2019s relationship may not end up being as hostile as anticipated, despite Carney declaring on election night that Canada will \u201cfight back with everything we have\u201d in negotiating economic and security deals with Trump.<\/p>\nFor Republican strategist Alex Conant, there was just one takeaway from the election: \u201cIt\u2019s a pretty good reminder of how bad it would be for Republicans if Canada was a state.\u201d<\/p>\n
Holly Otterbein contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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