The Trump Team's Secret Midterm Strategy Session
The Charlie Kirk Show
Charlie Kirk
4.6 • 65.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Top members of the Trump White House just held a secret strategy meeting about the midterms. The big takeaway: It's time for a domestic pivot, with a focus on drug prices, homebuying, and a ban on Congressional stock trading. The show reacts, then talks about a literal poop river in D.C. Steve Hilton talks about the California gubernatorial race and a fascinating poll that points toward a shocking outcome where the state could be picking from two Republicans in the general election.
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| 1:08.9 | All right, welcome to the Charlie Kirk Show. It is February 18th, 2026. Blake, welcome. |
| 1:15.5 | Howdy. Happy morning. Last night on Capitol Hill, the senior Trump political command briefed its core team on the midterms. |
| 1:24.5 | This is reporting from Mark Halper and a frequent guest on this show. And I am reading |
| 1:29.4 | from an X account that he has given to all. Some great reporting from Mark Halpern here. |
| 1:34.5 | I like his, he's got it here. It was a meeting at the Capitol Hill Club. So that's where |
| 1:40.0 | Republicans often meet. The group was served chicken and steak. Very halper in detail there. |
| 1:45.0 | It's a great how to the food, gets the food detail. |
| 1:47.0 | It was a two-hour program starting around 530. |
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