Massie warns GOP will be ‘very vulnerable’ in midterms amid growing ‘Trump Disappointment Syndrome’

WASHINGTON, DC: Rep Thomas Massie on Sunday, May 24, warned during an interview on 'Meet the Press' that the Republican Party will be “very vulnerable” during the midterm elections.

When asked if his colleagues are beginning to split from President Donald Trump, Massie explained that lawmakers are primarily “worried about their own political mortality."

Thomas Massie warns GOP faces midterm backlash

The warning comes right after Massie lost his primary race to political newcomer and former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, a candidate strongly backed by Trump.

Massie stood firmly behind his track record of voting against the White House on major policies, including military actions involving Iran and the government's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein documents, maintaining that his split with Trump was “absolutely worth it for me.”

However, he predicted the broader impact would heavily damage the GOP's chances in the general election. “I don’t think it’s going to be worth it for the party,” he said.

“Look, some people on the left have ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’, they call it TDS. But there’s a growing number of people on the right who have a form of TDS called ‘Trump Disappointment Syndrome.’”

He explained that these internal primary fights are driving away core voters, adding, “And I think what’s going to happen to the party this fall is they’ve disenfranchised a large portion of that constituency that Trump assembled to get us in the White House, in the Senate majority and in the House majority.”

Thomas Massie blasts Trump White House ballroom project

Massie also took aim at the administration's current focus on remodeling projects in Washington, calling the construction of the new White House ballroom a “slap in the face of Americans.”

“The ballroom, I mean, that is such an egregious waste of money,” Massie said.

Trump previously promised the project would rely entirely on corporate and private donations, but congressional Republicans recently attempted to clear $1 billion for security infrastructure around the site.

The push stalled after the Senate parliamentarian ruled the funding measure must be reworked under the reconciliation process to bypass a Democratic filibuster.

Massie argued that funding a luxury project highlights a government completely disconnected from working-class struggles.

“The president was bragging on the Roman architecture, when in fact we’re operating like a Roman Empire,” Massie said of the president’s description of the ballroom.

“We’re overextended overseas with our foreign aid, with our foreign bases. We’re spending money that we don’t have, and the gasoline and rent and groceries are so high that people can’t afford it.”

He cautioned that the optics are politically toxic, adding, “I do think it’s dangerous to indulge in these things like a gold-plated ballroom in Washington, DC, while Americans are suffering.”