Trump enters election year with big wins — and bigger political headwinds
U.S. President Donald Trump stormed back into office with a shock-and-awe policy blitz that expanded presidential power and reshaped America's relations with the world. But it has come at a steep cost: as he enters the new year and midterm elections loom, his once unshakeable hold on Republicans is slipping, historians and analysts say.
Back in January, as Trump triumphantly returned to the White House for a second term, he vowed to remake the economy, the federal bureaucracy, immigration policy and much of U.S. cultural life. He delivered on much of that agenda, becoming one of the most powerful presidents in modern U.S. history.
Like all U.S. presidents who cannot seek another term, Trump faces the inevitable waning of power in his second year. But he also begins 2026 with an erosion in political support.
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