Ted Cruz warned Donald Trump, his fellow Republican, that he would face a “bloodbath” in the November midterm elections if prices continued to rise, prompting the president to respond, “fuck you, Ted,” the US senator told donors, according to a secret recording of the private conversation obtained by Axios.
Cruz reportedly delivered the reality check to the president in a phone conversation after Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs a few months after returning to the Oval Office in early 2025. The president was unhappy, Cruz said – and yelled and cursed in a conversation with Republican senators.
“Mr President, if we get to November of [2026] and people’s 401(k)s are down 30% and prices are up 10–20% at the supermarket, we’re going to go into election day, face a bloodbath,” Cruz said he told the president, according to Axios. “You’re going to lose the House, you’re going to lose the Senate, you’re going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week.”
Only 34% approve of how Trump has handled the cost of living while 64% disapprove, according to a recent New York Times/Siena poll. There is also evidence the economy may be motivating those who voted for Trump in 2024 but now disapprove of him, according to the Times.
To be fair, I don’t know if there’s a person on earth who doesnt want to say “Fuck you Ted” to Ted Cruz. Hate Trump, don’t blame him for that one though.
Even a broken clock hates Ted Cruz as they say
There’s not a single person on earth?? That’s a bit of an exaggeration. The people of Texas continue voting for “Fled Cruz”…
Flyin’ Ted
he recently fled to california, to avoid “freezing to death” so he can shed his reptilian skin.
“Erm actually that silly statement you made factually incorrect, allow me to provide you with adequate data to disprove your assertion” -your pedantic ass
Chill. No one’s correcting you, I’m highlighting the absurd fact that the idiot Republicans in Texas actually approve of Cruz! We’re all being silly here…
Yee yee im just having fun
I’m sure many of us would prefer, “Fuck you, Raphael.”
I’m sure many of us would prefer “Fuck you, Endymion”.
Fair enough :-)
hard to say it to a person who is the zodiac killer.
"[Y]ou’re going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week.”
Ted Cruz has more faith in Democrats than I do.
They shouldn’t impeach Trump every week. Some weeks we should impeach Noem, Clarence Thomas, Besset, Hegseth, Mike Johnson, and a bunch of others.
The WH has become a sieve and I’m here for it.
Don’t amplify this greasy shit-weasel’s attempt to distance himself from the fascist regime he’s been taint-suckling for years. The only next Cruz headline that is relevant will be “Cruz resigns in humiliation and disgrace…”
Nah, the next Presidential election is going to be Cruz vs Newsom
cruz neither feels shame, disgrace or humiliation he has a kink for it.
Oh I completely agree, I just don’t care if he’s pulling his teensy semi about it; the important part is that he not be in the position of authority lol
Trump is losing the narrative. He spent so much time talking about Biden and Obama policies and how he was going to fix them, and then when he implemented his fixes and they didn’t work, he just doubled down that they did because back then, his sycophants just believed anything he said. Now that everyone can see him for what he is, he can’t hide behind the lies anymore. Even my parents, who were staunch supporters of his during both elections, have gone quiet. Couple that with the current state of ICE, his threats to Canada and Greenland (and Iceland by idiot-proxy), and the glossing of the Epstein files, there is a lot of ammo against the Republicans going into Midterms. Its no wonder he keeps pawing around the idea of skipping them entirely. He’s running out of time before falling over the cliff. Trump got away with what he did because he was a useful idiot. However, they overfed the beast and he got fat. Now he’s gotten too large and is blocking the progress that the GOP thought it was going to make. How long before they stuff his bloated political corpse full of dynamite and blow him off the beach?
Add to that prez is losing his mind, such as it was. He lost what little internal screen he had, falls asleep at national televised meetings, and is being led by the project 2025 people in the party that got him to betray his america 1st, (as if there was any doubt to us,) and his populist rhetoric stops where the plutocracy starts, as the party keeps him occupied to not upset interests that would help his popularity.
Look at mamdami, or petro of colombia, enemies of the party, they left him alone with each for 20 minutes and he is best pals with them, as his handlers face palm and distract him elsewhere, look at that shiny trophy!
Obviously gerrymanders give them advantage but they are getting too greedy, not leaving enough margin, which is how they lost 2018. But they do plan on cheating every way they can. Of dishonoring results. And the opposition is chosen to be weak and responds to r fake populism by copying them instead of their own popular rhetoric. Sold out and we all know it.
So while they should lose the house, we are still bereft of popular leadership, of a leader that can build and run a political machine, and promises to restore the republic.
There is also evidence the economy may be motivating those who voted for Trump in 2024 but now disapprove of him
“Single issue voters have been stung by the other thing he said he would do, but they didn’t listen to, because wasn’t that one thing they were bothered about.”
Ngl Ted being privately concerned about the midterms is the biggest “sign of life” that we will be having midterms.
This article is about a phone conversation in early 2025, so don’t be so sure about those elections.
Actually, Trump’s reaction may be.
If he would have said “Don’t worry” with his trademark schoolyard mafioso wannabe smirk, then it would be worrying.
hes afraid of losing his seat after making his lizard nest in texas.
Raphael Cruz is learning about leopards eating faces.
I love it when the GOP base fractures!
you’re going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week.
What a wonderful dream!
Fuck the WHOLE GOP
This screams for Untergang Hitler video.
Is Raphael still in California, or has he returned to TX now that the storm is over?
did his skin stopped molting? im pretty sure cold blood animals dont survive freezing temps very well.
We all know Raphael doesn’t have a spine, if he’s willing to say this, it means trump has already lost massive support not only from Republicans but the donors who back them.
Trump don’t care
I wonder if trump fully bought into the election meddling thing and now his narsacism if raging against so many people not liking what he’s doing
Nah. Trump did that whole dog and pony show about the election being stolen as a preparation for him doing the very same thing. He tried in 2016, he most definitely tried in 2020 (and surprisingly got his ass handed to him), and 100% cheated the 2024 elections as well.
Why the show, you might ask? Quite elementary, my dear Watson. Republicans have been using the “they’re doing it, so we might as well” argument for ages. Relentlessly accuse your opponent that they’re cheating on the election, then when it turns out that YOU cheated, well, “but the other side did too”. And to your followers that fully justifies your cheating, even if your opponent didn’t do anything…
FINALLY, someone who gets it. Of course he cheated in 2024. He’s cheated at literally everything in his life, are we supposed to believe that the election on which his personal freedom was on the line, was the first time in his life that he played it “Fair & Square?” Especially since he had the open commitment and assistance from two foreign oligarchs with full access to the best hacking resources on the planet.
When we take it back, we have to prove it, and then declare Trump’s entire presidency invalid, and roll back all legislation, EOs, appointments, and PARDONS. Put all of those Traitors back in jail, where they can hang with their MAGA idols.
Musk helped him through his starlink.
No, Jack Smith finally got to testify last week and according to him, one of the main points of evidence he worked to produce in order to convict at trial was that Trump was very aware he had lost the election in 2020.
That’s part of what makes everything Trump did afterwards the actual crime of election interference and not just sour apples.
