Republican strategist blames Trump team for defeat at the polls and calls for changes in the White House

Republican strategist Caroline Sunshine stated, in an interview with Fox News' Jesse Watters, that the Republican Party's defeat the night before was "100% avoidable" and attributed the result to failures by President Donald Trump's team. According to her, the White House received the winning 2024 script and handed it over to the Democrats.

In Sunshine's assessment, Democrats won every voter group that Republicans had won in 2024. She cited young men, who she said "swung by 32 points," and Hispanics. He recalled that Trump won the seven swing states in 2024 and said that they were all lost now.

The thesis of the 'real Trump' off the ballot

The strategist maintains that, although the president was politically in play, the "real Trump" was not on the ballot. For her, voters who have followed him since 2015 know a president who talks about taking the United States out of the Middle East and who, according to him, completely withdrew American troops from Iraq two months ago. This theme, he said, was not taken up in the campaign, probably due to the team's guidance.

Sunshine also argued that Trump talks about immigration every day because it is a winning topic for him every election cycle. According to her, exit polls show that the party lost on every issue except immigration, the only point on which the electorate was still with the Republicans. According to the interviewee, the message from the base is that they still like the president, but not the direction adopted.

Charge for changes and message for 2028

The guest said she spoke publicly what many say in private: that the chief of staff, Susie Wiles, should resign before the president has to ask. She acknowledged Wiles' role in the 2024 victory but said she was also behind the current defeat, which would include losing Mississippi and potentially the Senate for six years, according to the speech.

Sunshine also criticized the presence of James Blair, the president's main political advisor, in a pro-Russian state a month before the election, when he should have been in Michigan. It also said the team did not come out to defend the government's message on TV shows and podcasts. According to her, "on its current trajectory" the party will not win in 2028.

What does she propose

The list of priorities includes winning back young people, who, in her assessment, are what "stands between us and communism" and, together with Generation Z and millennials, will form the largest voting bloc in 2028. Sunshine also called for an end to the wars in Ukraine and Iran, which, according to her, would be close to an outcome, and the resumption of the discourse on immigration. For her, there is no reason to negotiate a "surrender" to the left.

The interview deals with politics and does not include economic projections. For those who follow stock markets, interest rates and exchange rates, what is at stake is the new balance of forces in Washington, which could influence the government and Congress' agenda over the next two years. The effects on the market will depend on how the White House reacts to the criticism, a point that the transcript does not address.

The ratings are from Sunshine and the program, broadcast by Fox News, and do not represent facts independently determined by The X-Trader News.

Automatically translated from Portuguese.