Ex-GOP strategist warns of ‘cataclysmic’ midterms: ‘Nobody is happy in the MAGA world’

Former Republican operative Rick Wilson on Thursday warned that MAGA has been showing signs of anxiety over "cataclysmic" midterms as polls show dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump.

The Lincoln Project co-founder described on a Live Substack video how damning polling results and low satisfaction among voters have put Trump's MAGA coalition in a tight spot ahead of the midterm elections this fall. He also added that the decision to pull ICE agents out of Maine following the ICE killings of two American citizens in Minneapolis was a clear political move to try to secure the Republican Senate seat, which will be up for grabs come November and has been the cause of concern among GOP lawmakers.

"Nobody is happy in the MAGA world," Wilson said.

Trump has "an economy that is terrifying people," he said, referencing recent polling results that show growing concerns over affordability.

The Epstein files also haven't helped Trump and "Republicans who are nervous as hell" about the backlash among voters, Wilson explained.

Wilson signaled that ahead of the elections, Trump has to battle both the economy and fallout over the Epstein files, which have him named more than 3,000 times throughout the materials.

"He's screwing it up with his own base. He's screwing it up with Epstein," Wilson explained.

Despite mounting public interest and concern over justice for the survivors of the late financier and convicted sex offender, Trump has urged people to move on from the conversation. Trump has not been accused of any wrongdoing. He has said he had social ties with Epstein throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.