Trump’s Secret Weapon That Could Doom Dems In 2026 Midterms Revealed

President Donald Trump’s campaign and various political action committees announced a combined haul that has met his 2026 goal more than a year ahead of schedule, putting him on pace shower the midterm elections with record amounts of money.

Almost immediately after winning a second term, President Trump began soliciting donors with an audacious idea: He would keep up an aggressive fundraising pace to build a bulwark protecting vulnerable U.S. House and Senate Republicans, thereby ensuring his entire four years would go by with one-party control of Congress.

The plan carried a hefty price tag of $1.4 billion, advisors said in May when they announced Trump had already pulled in $600 million, a historic sum in its own right.

His various committees blew past their ultimate goal on Friday, with $1.4 billion in cash and commitments arriving to the Republican National Committee and Trump’s super PAC, Make America Great Again, Inc.

Trump in February vowed to be an exponential force in the midterms, where he will reward allies in Congress who support his agenda.

“You know, in presidential races, they say when you win the presidency, usually the midterms don’t go well?” he said, a callback to the GOP’s loss of the House in 2018. “I think we’re going to do great.”

To be sure, history is against Trump. Every party in power has lost seats in the midterms since 1938, with the exceptions of 1998 and 2002. Meanwhile, the party that controls the White House has had better luck keeping Senate seats, gaining them on six occasions including 2018 and 2022.

“I think we’re going to really increase our margins by a lot,” Trump, 79, told Republican governors at a retreat that month.

“So we’ve got that money, and I got to spend it somewhere … if I can’t spend it on me, I guess that means I’m going to be spending it on some of my friends, right? A lot of my friends.”

A source close to the president called the fundraising figure “unprecedented” and predicted it will give Republicans “leverage” in the several swing districts tipping the balance of power in the House.

“The funds streaming in show how much support is behind President Trump. Having the financials to support candidates in the midterms will be a huge advantage,” they told the NY Post.

Republicans currently hold a 219-212 majority in the House. In Texas, redistricting is expected to add as many as five seats with districts Trump won by 10 or more points in 2024. As a result, a handful of House Democrats — including one “Squad” member — will be cleaved from their bases of progressive voters.