The Daily Blast: Trump Erupts in Frantic Tirade over 2026 as GOP Slips into Fresh Panic

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🗓️ 26 November 2025

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This week, the White House leaked plans to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for some of the millions of people who stand to lose out from their expiration. But that’s on ice after Republicans declared it a nonstarter. That could hurt them in the midterms, and oddly, it comes as President Trump just exploded in a wild tirade about the elections. He falsely ranted that Democrats will open our borders and unleash DEI, and urged the Indiana GOP to hurry up and gerrymander to stop Democrats. Meanwhile, Republicans tell Punchbowl News that they’re losing the House, that resignations are coming, and that “morale has never been lower.” But if so, why not renew ACA subsidies to try to save yourselves, Republicans? We talked to New Republic staff writer Monica Potts about her good new piece on the GOP predicament. We discuss the roots of GOP anti-ACA hatred, why Republicans bank on election-rigging, and how it all explains GOP plutocratic politics in the Trump era. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
0:16.4	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
0:31.5	Earlier this week, the White House leaked word that President Trump would soon announce a plan to extend affordable Care Act subsidies for some of the millions of people who stand to lose
0:37.0	them when they expire.
0:38.8	But that plan is now on ice, after House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans, let it be
0:44.4	known that it's a non-starter. All this comes as new reporting indicates that House Republicans
0:50.3	are seriously panicking about the midterm elections. And Trump is really ramping up his
0:55.7	efforts to rig the midterms, exploding at Republicans who won't gerrymander their state's house
1:01.0	seats, obviously aware that his party is in trouble. Yet if there's one thing that might help
1:07.1	the GOP midterm hopes, it's preventing those ACA subsidies from expiring. But they won't do this.
1:14.9	New Republic staff writer Monica Potts has a good new piece digging into the really bizarre disconnect here.
1:20.8	So we're talking to her about what all of it means. Monica, nice to have you on.
1:25.4	Thanks for having me. So the White House had let word be known that Trump
1:30.6	wants to extend the ACA subsidies for two years with some income caps, I guess limiting how many
1:36.4	people would qualify to win over conservatives. Over 20 million people get these subsidies,
1:42.1	and many are set to see huge premium increases or get
1:45.8	knocked off health coverage entirely. So you'd think Republicans would want to find a way out of
1:50.3	this, but that's not what's happening. Monica, can you tell us what is happening? Right. Well,
1:56.5	what's happening is what's been happening all year so far, which is the reason the Democrats
2:00.8	wouldn't agree to the continuing resolution that didn't extend health care subsidies.
2:06.0	So under the COVID, some of the COVID Emergency Acts, the subsidies for Affordable Care Act
2:12.9	insurance that people purchase on health care marketplaces in their states was enhanced. So it gave more money
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