Trump acknowledged that he “couldn't predict if that would translate into political gains for Republicans next fall"

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In a Wall Street Journal interview recently, U.S. President Donald Trump was circumspect regarding his party’s prospects in the 2026 congressional elections.

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Although no one doubts the president’s supreme confidence that he is doing the right things for the country (“I’ve created the greatest economy in history”), he acknowledged that he “couldn’t predict if that would translate into political gains for Republicans next fall.”

The party of the sitting president has picked up congressional seats in midterm elections only twice since the Second World War: Bill Clinton in 1998 and George W. Bush in 2002. And the case of Bush was far from business as usual.

The election followed the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Patriotism was surging, with........

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