President Donald Trump warned Republican members of Congress on Tuesday that if they do not win on this yr’s midterms, then he’ll “get impeached.”
Trump made the feedback throughout a Home GOP retreat on the Kennedy Heart, lately renamed to incorporate Trump’s title by a board stuffed together with his appointees.
“You bought to win the midterms as a result of if we do not win the midterms, it is simply going to be — I imply, they’re going to discover a cause to question me. I am going to get impeached,” the president mentioned.
Trump was impeached two occasions throughout his first time period. In 2019, he was impeached on costs of abuse of energy and obstruction of Congress for allegedly pressuring Ukraine’s president to intrude within the 2020 election. The second impeachment got here throughout his closing days in workplace after the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with lawmakers charging him with incitement of revolt. Trump was acquitted within the Senate each occasions.
“I acquired impeached twice on nothing,” Trump argued on Tuesday, which was the five-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 assault.
President Donald Trump addresses a Home Republican retreat at The John F. Kennedy Heart for the Performing Arts, January 6, 2026 in Washington.
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With the 2026 elections on the horizon, President Trump mentioned he believes Republican coverage is healthier than the Democratic Get together’s platform however acknowledged the headwinds the president’s occasion usually faces in a midterm cycle.
“They are saying that if you win the presidency, you lose the midterm. So, you are all good folks. Most of you’re on this enterprise longer than me. That makes me smarter than you, as a result of look the place I’m proper? No, it does not. However I want you might, clarify to me what the hell’s occurring with the thoughts of the general public. As a result of we’ve got a — we’ve got the best coverage. They do not. They’ve a horrible coverage. They do stick collectively,” Trump mentioned.
“They’d the worst president, did the worst job. They’d the worst coverage. We should even run towards these folks. Now, I will not say cancel the election, they need to cancel the election, as a result of the pretend information will say, ‘He needs the elections canceled. He is a dictator.’ They all the time name me a dictator,” Trump mentioned as he continued to criticize former Democratic presidents.
In his remarks, Trump additionally alluded to the GOP’s slim majority within the Home, which is now a two-vote margin after the unexpected death of California Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa and Republican Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene’s early retirement on Monday. Although the president did provide a full-throated endorsement of Home Speaker Mike Johnson, who was in attendance.
“A whole lot of occasions they’re going to say, ‘I want Mike had been harder.’ More durable? He’s robust as anyone within the room, really. However you’ll be able to’t be robust when you’ve a majority of three. And now, sadly, a bit bit lower than that. I imply, a bit bit lower than that, perhaps,” Trump mentioned.
Speaker of the Home Mike Johnson listens as President Donald Trump speaks throughout the Home Republican Get together member retreat on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, January 6, 2026.
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Trump talks well being care, advises GOP to be versatile on abortion restrictions
With well being care anticipated to be a significant focus of this yr’s elections after enhanced Inexpensive Care Act subsidies expired at the end of 2025, Trump continued to criticize the ACA (also referred to as Obamacare) and suggested Republicans to be versatile on abortion restrictions.
Trump reiterated his desire to pay Individuals straight to allow them to purchase their very own well being care and medical insurance.
“Let the cash go in a well being care account or nonetheless you do it. Let the cash go on to the folks,” he advised lawmakers.
The president then pivoted to the Hyde Modification, a decades-old provision that bars federal funding from going to abortion providers.
“Now, you need to be a bit versatile on Hyde, you already know that. You bought to be a bit versatile. You acquired to work one thing. You have acquired to make use of ingenuity. You have set to work. We’re all massive followers of all the pieces, however you have acquired to be versatile,” Trump mentioned.
It’s unclear precisely how Trump needs Republicans to be “versatile” on that difficulty.
