Maybe not: gerrymandering might be a GOP weapon.
It has been for years and will continue to be, but that won’t change the fact independents and purples will massacre them if they tank everyone’s 401Ks through midterms. It will be a bloodbath.
My personal opinion on why they have gone guns blazing with tariffs, government layoffs, etc.. is that they are trying to speedrun a market crash and recession and start turning things around later this year for massive growth and a huge bull market in 2026. They’re going to put through their major tax cuts and deregulation for big business, pump investments in America from major corporations and sovereign wealth funds (UAE, Saudi, etc - great bedfellows lol), they shall basically force the Fed to lower rates to restart the economy after GDP growth forecasts plummet… quantitative easing will start happening again… and then we shall start seeing bilateral trade agreements signed that significantly lower the tariffs just placed on most trading partners. India - US is already being negotiated, Trump and Carney had a good call about Canada - US after our election, UK and Australia aren’t retaliating with tariffs from what I read in order to better negotiate a deal…
The only thing is, even if this is their plan, it’s a massive gamble and I don’t think they are smart or organized enough to pull it off. Everything has been too chaotic and shambolic so far.