Hello, it's Miranda. I'm back with a new mini episode of Podforce One. This feature is a little more

topical and relevant to my job as a columnist for the New York Post. Today's topic is a reminder of what

really matters ahead for the midterms, given the uncertainty around

the Iran War negotiations over the weekend and Donald Trump's slumping opinion polls. But it's

more of a pep talk than a doom fest. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Everyone's angry with Donald Trump.

It's true that things are getting ragged with just over five months left until the midterms.

The president's agenda is being stymied in the courts and in Congress by bloody-minded

Democrat obstructionism and by a handful of lily-livered naysayers in his

own bare majority party. His poll numbers are as bad as they've ever been, apart from a

rough patch in the aftermath of January 6, 2021. The war with Iran has hit gas prices and

exacerbated the cost of living.

It may be heading to some sort of deal, but cheerleaders are thin on the ground.

His enemies at home are desperate for Trump to fail, even if it means America is dealt a savage

blow.

His administration's botched handling of the so-called lawfare slush fund

is one of several own goals that his media foes and their Machiavellian whisperers

have twisted into fake existential catastrophes to demoralize his supporters. Under inhuman

pressure, he has a tendency to talk too much, and his sclerotic lashing out

at blameless bystanders indures him to nobody. The other day, he scolded popular Fox News reporter

Jackie Heinrich, apropos of nothing during a press conference, because she is engaged to a Republican congressman,

Brian Fitzpatrick, who breaks with Trump more than most. But that's because he has to hold

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