The Republican Party obviously suffered a devastating defeat. One it will have a much more difficult time recovering from, if it recovers at all. When the party lost in 2020, confusion over our COVID response, coupled with a relatively unpopular standard-bearer, led to a narrow defeat.

As the Biden administration proceeded, the public reeled from almost double-digit inflation, the worst in forty years. Our borders seemed wide open. By comparison, many remembered the Trump administration’s economy fondly, buoyed by lower capital taxes and reduced regulations. Inflation was relatively tame:

Out of office, Trump’s off-putting character wasn’t as omnipresent; Republican policies looked pretty good. Trump was returned to power in 2024

Inflation is a cruel tax as it’s regressive, meaning it hits the lower earners harder. Nobody wants to see prices go up every time you shop. Most people have never been fond of Donald Trump, yet he seemed ubiquitous. While he kept many of his first-term, capital-favorable policies on taxes and regulations, he veered off course by giving tax breaks to special voting groups, such as no-tax tips.

Worse, his two major policies made it impossible to reduce inflation. Tariffs halted any downward price movement, while his Iran war sent them skyward. Nobody signed on for this program. The result was a wipeout not only at the federal level, but also in state and local contests. Your local dog catcher probably changed to Democrat.

When the Democrats suffered a similar rout in 2010, they suffered from poor candidate quality that persists today. They lost their farm clubs. Now the Republicans face the same future.

In a presidential election year, an incumbent getting soundly wiped out leaves the party to look for new leadership and policies. Unfortunately for the GOP, this was a midyear, and Trump is in place for two more years.

Is a pleasant presidency with new war and tariff policies in the cards? With Trump, you never know. Remember, he has changed parties several times. The only ideology he’s consistently held is what’s best for himself and his family. Before Trump, tariffs found more favor with Democrats, while Republicans were mostly free traders.

Notice how chummy he has been with New York City Mayor Mandani, even when the Republicans were trying to portray the Democrat as a communist. Cutting deals with Democrats on key legislation might improve his perceived legacy while shielding him from some investigations.

More spending, or statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico, hardly helps Republicans, but it might appeal to Trump. On the other hand, he may double down on the war and tariffs, being combative on everything. Either way, the Republican needs are ignored.

Conservative Republicans who looked forward to a massive party shellacking, wishing for a Reagan conservative as their 2028 standard-bearer, but may find that path blocked. Trump isn’t about to give up his grip on the party without a fight.

He will endorse somebody, maybe even Don Jr. MAGA may be diminished, but the hardcore may be enough to prevail in the primaries, especially if there are multiple candidates, as in 2016. If you talk to the true members of the Trump base, you find a cult of personality. Like Jonestown, they would probably drink the Kool-Aid.

Even if his pick fails to get the nomination, you’ll have a severely split party, unlikely to win. If his pick prevails, he’ll likely get crushed in the general election, but that doesn’t help the Republican Party either. It just might finish it off.

The other big losers are Jews worldwide. With much of the world already anti-Semitic, the U.S. was the one friend, especially under Trump, that Israel, and by extension Jews here, could count on. Now both our major parties appear to have found their scapegoat for inflation.

In Michigan, a pro-Abdul-El-Sayed ad run by an outside group blamed our aid to Israel for high prices. The senatorial candidate refused to condemn it. In fact, made similar claims. The candidate continued to falsely blame Israel for a genocide in Gaza.

When Sayed refused to alter his stance, His primary opponent, whom he narrowly beat, showed her solid character by withdrawing her support and endorsing his opponent. The party has written her out for her actions.

Blaming Jews for inflation isn’t new. The great inflation that overtook Germany after World War I found Jews scapegoated. The German Central Bank helped finance the war by buying government bonds with printed money. This meant people had to have a wheelbarrow of money to buy a loaf of bread:

Jews had nothing to do with the disaster, but were a convenient minority. The “blame the Jews” libel was picked up later by many, including Hitler and the Nazis. Being mostly apolitical and thinking of themselves as culturally German, the Jews offered little resistance.

Here we are in 2026, and a new Democratic Senator is echoing the same libel. Jews are well represented among Democratic political leaders. Three governors, six senators, and seven House members identify as Jewish. Rather than turning their backs on El-Sayed, all of them, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, backed the bigot or remained silent.

Republicans don’t appear any more supportive of Jews. Vice President J.D. Vance blamed the war and the resulting higher prices for the Republicans’ massive midterm defeat. He followed that “our relatioship with israel must change,” leaving no doubt who he blamed for the war. Shortly thereafter, President Trump announced that U.S. aid to Israel would end at the end of the year.

It doesn’t help that so many Jews continue to vote for and support anti-semites. I’m not alone in my amazement. A book I’m just finishing is Gad Saad’s Suicidal Empathy, where he states Jews have been taught to have empathy for those who mean to do them harm. Also, they’re culturally aligned. While I hate to think he’s right about people acting diametrically against their own interest in so many areas, Saad makes a compelling case. I suggest you read it yourself and form your own opinion.

As it stands, I feel Jews in America are in more danger in our country than ever before. If this is true, we’re running out of places to live.