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Donald Trump has told Republicans they need to win this year’s midterm elections or he will likely be impeached.
The president was giving a speech at the Kennedy Center, which Trump has renamed after himself, for the House GOP Member Retreat on Tuesday, when he made the comment.
“You gotta win the midterms,” Trump said. “Because if we don’t win the midterms … they’ll find a reason to impeach me. I’ll get impeached.”
- Trump warned Republicans that losing the midterms would likely lead to his third impeachment.
- Trump has two prior impeachments: the Ukraine investigation and the January 6 Capitol attack.
- Trump urged GOP to focus on tax cuts and common-sense policy to motivate voters this election.
Donald Trump predicted his third impeachment if Republicans lose the midterms
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Trump was impeached twice during his first term in office, although he was acquitted in both instances by the Republican-led Senate.
The first impeachment in 2019 stemmed from allegations that Trump had pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate the Biden family.
Trump was again impeached after the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol for allegedly inciting his supporters to disrupt the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential win.
Trump: “You gotta win the midterms. Because if we don’t win the midterms, they’ll find a reason to impeach me. I’ll get impeached.” pic.twitter.com/89NvspoP99
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 6, 2026
On Tuesday, concerns about a third impeachment were clearly on Trump’s mind as he ranted to lawmakers and made light of canceling the midterms.
“We don’t impeach them. You know why? Because they’re meaner than we are,” he said. “We should have impeached Joe Biden for 100 different things. They are mean and smart. But fortunately for you, they have horrible policy.
“We have great, solid common-sense policy. They have horrendous policy. What they do is they stick together. They never have a no vote.”
He added, “They impeached me. I never knew I was going to be impeached. I get a phone call. You just got impeached. I said, ‘What does that mean?’”
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Trump also referenced scrapping the election altogether, saying, “I won’t say cancel the election, they should cancel the election because the fake news will say, ‘He wants the elections canceled. He’s a dictator.’ They always call me a dictator.”
During his speech, Trump defended his presidential policies and also addressed dwindling support, telling lawmakers, “I wish you could explain to me what the hell is going on in the mind of the public.”
He was apparently gearing up for a loss later this year, as he claimed that winning the presidency meant losing the midterms.
‘They say that when you win the presidency, you lose the midterm,’ Trump told Republicans
.@POTUS on his tax cut: No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Social Security, No Tax on Overtime… You’re allowed to deduct if you buy a car… for the first time ever, middle-income people get a deduction like this. pic.twitter.com/24fINyG0C7
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 6, 2026
“They say that when you win the presidency, you lose the midterm,” Trump noted.
To shore up votes, Trump told the GOP to focus on selling tax cuts that will be introduced when his sweeping legislative package takes effect this filing season.
“You have so much ammunition, all you have to do is sell it,” Trump said.
Image credits: Robert Alexander/Getty Images
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is expected to add $3.3 trillion to the U.S. national debt over the next decade.
Estimates from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation show that after-tax incomes would rise for most taxpayers under the bill, with gains ranging from about 2.6% for the lowest earners to roughly 6.3% for upper-middle-income households.
With Democrats campaigning on affordability issues, which Trump has described as a hoax, and polls showing these are key issues for Americans, Republicans will need to convince voters they are making everyday life more affordable.
Polling by RealClearPolitics shows that Democrats are leading when it comes to a generic 2026 congressional vote, with an estimated 46.2% of the vote, while the GOP has 42.2%.
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Further polling published on the site on Tuesday also shows Trump’s average approval rating sitting low.
It found that an estimated 52.7% of Americans disapprove of Trump, with just 43.9% approving of what Trump has done so far.
During his speech, Trump also paid tribute to Congressman Doug LaMalfa, 65, who died unexpectedly on Monday, further narrowing GOP control of the House after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned this week.
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