In a typical administration, political advisers would start worrying right about now about how to tell voters in next year's midterm elections about the president's accomplishments. But Republicans don't have a good story to tell about President Donald Trump's second term. Their major legislative achievement was massively unpopular — and it's only going to get worse. The public already knows about Trump's efforts to slash government services and deport millions of immigrants and opinions on both are negative right now. Instead, Trump's advisers and political allies seem to be embracing a new tactic: promising that the check is in the mail.
Over the last few months, Republican fundraising emails have told voters to keep their eyes out for make-believe "DOGE dividend checks" from Elon Musk's slash-and-burn government efficiency effort. Now, they're promising yet another imaginary benefit: tariff rebate checks.
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