Trump plans nationwide tour to defend his policies as voters revolt over cost of living
Source: Raw Story
December 4, 2025 8:11AM ET
President Donald Trump is planning a nationwide tour to defend his economic agenda to voters, amid rising discontent over the cost of living, reported Axios on Thursday.
This comes after a number of election scares for Republicans, including blistering losses around the country in November, and a special election this week that saw Democrats coming within single digits of flipping of Tennessee seat Trump won by 22 points.
"Trump's approval rating has sunk as he has pursued peace deals around the globe and 'narco-terrorists' in the Caribbean, while Americans have become more pessimistic about affording a better life," said the report. "With Republicans in danger of losing control of the House next November, Trump needs to be a lift — not a drag — in tough districts if the GOP is to defy powerful historic trends and keep its majority."
The president will kick off this campaign with a stop in northeast Pennsylvania next Tuesday. "White House aides see Trump as the Republican Party's best salesman — and its best chance to reverse falling poll numbers for both the president and his party," said the report. "Trump is expected to use Tuesday's event to highlight what he's done to help the economy during his second term in office. But aides privately acknowledge that there's more to be done to address cost-of-living concerns — and say that on his trip, Trump also will preview upcoming plans."
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wolfie001
(7,561 posts)That's what happened to another rePUKE President: Harding. He also was touring to get out of Washington so he couldn't answer about all of the rePUKE scandals going on at the time. One can hope. 
twodogsbarking
(18,513 posts)
Du916
(155 posts)My first thought was that maybe he’ll encounter someone with good aim this time.
oasis
(53,595 posts)
AZ8theist
(7,285 posts)PERIOD.
END OF SENTENCE.
Only when this vile scumbag "kicks off" will I care about what he does.
Thankfully, he's close.
Imagine being the most hated douchbag on the planet.
I can't, but he surely must......
wolfie001
(7,561 posts)I can't wait. 
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peppertree
(23,272 posts)As they say: first, as tragedy; then as farce.
wolfie001
(7,561 posts)You may be right on that point. Nan Britton.
peppertree
(23,272 posts)To this day, the White House denies its existence - but that's just pathetic.
It's akin to Trump's denials of his Epstein townhouse rapes.
NCDem47
(3,430 posts)I know the nation’s future is no laughing matter, but this is going to be a DISASTER that will amplify everything wrong with that sick man and his followers.he won’t be able to talk intelligently about anything! They’ll need to bring the stage hook with ‘em.
electric_blue68
(26,777 posts)louis-t
(24,605 posts)Eyes will be half closed, low-energy babbling, toilet paper stuck to his shoe. What upcoming plans? "We gonna keel more brown people!"?
CousinIT
(12,492 posts)Escape
(447 posts)Last edited Thu Dec 4, 2025, 04:35 PM - Edit history (1)
Nationwide BOOers!
twodogsbarking
(18,513 posts)
RockCreek
(1,460 posts)
BlueSpot
(1,293 posts)Wasting more taxpayer money to tell us to believe him instead of our lying eyes and pocket books.
What a piece of shit.
Chasstev365
(7,643 posts)But it's OK because the corporate media will cover for him.
They'll be rebranded as intimate, fireside chats with Grandpa Don...
MissouriDem47
(410 posts)Now that will solve the problems won't it?
Joinfortmill
(20,981 posts)usonian
(24,891 posts)And the reason that people can't throw tomatoes is because
THEY CAN'T AFFORD THEM.
truthisfreedom
(23,526 posts)
Blasphemer
(3,620 posts)
maxsolomon
(38,580 posts)Trump can do one thing well: ramble on and on at a rally.
What he doesn't know is that his schtick got stale the day he was inaugurated. It's not fun and games now.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(135,142 posts)Last edited Thu Dec 4, 2025, 07:11 PM - Edit history (1)
"What would you rather have, lower prices or a look at my smiley face?" Donny Dementia.
BigmanPigman
(55,039 posts)He can't form a sentence, he doesn't make sense and he is falling asleep constantly. This "tour" will finish him off. If he makes it through two rallies I'd be amazed.
He'll end up talking about his beautiful ballroom and people will get even more pissed off.
NCDem47
(3,430 posts)The GOP has a certifiable defunct product that it continues to foist on America.
MayReasonRule
(4,095 posts)
duckworth969
(1,346 posts)Anything to distract from Bondi dragging her feet on the Epstein Files 😑
Xipe Totec
(44,550 posts)edhopper
(37,291 posts)
llmart
(17,562 posts)I doubt he'll go anywhere near a blue city or blue state even. It will be like his rallies out in bumfuckistan in a muddy field where they hold monster truck rallies.
PatSeg
(53,158 posts)without a LOT of help. Plus I'm sure he will be disappointed when he realizes that those huge crowds from the past are gone for good.
llmart
(17,562 posts)Besides, his pansy ass couldn't take the 9 degrees we have right now. Such a snowflake!
He should just stay in bed and close to Walter Reed.
electric_blue68
(26,777 posts)We in NYC will very rarely get down to 9°F straight w/o wind chill.
But back in the '80s we rid get a bunch of 11° days in a row.
llmart
(17,562 posts)I grew up in the snow belt of Northeast Ohio in a small rural town right on Lake Erie, so I come from hardy stock.
There were seven of us children in a tiny "house" about 700 square feet. My mother was German and used to make us go outside to play (probably to save her sanity) saying, "a little cold never killed anyone" and "fresh air is good for you".
electric_blue68
(26,777 posts)Ohh, boy 7 kids in a 700 sq ft house!
I remember flying to East Lansing, and we flew over Lake.Erie. My only glimpse of it.
The Great Lakes are pretty amazing in size! If I ever get to Chicago, I'll experience Lake Michigan.
travelingthrulife
(5,068 posts)PatSeg
(53,158 posts)What a nice reminder that people don't have the buying power they had a year ago. Oh well, he could always talk about Hannibal Lector and water pressure - things people really care about. 
Irish_Dem
(80,979 posts)llmart
(17,562 posts)Irish_Dem
(80,979 posts)They should be more careful.
This stuff can kill a person.
Amaryllis
(11,238 posts)hatrack
(64,757 posts)All to the tune of "YMCA" - that'll surely be enough to convince 'Murca that everything's just hunky-dory.
Can't wait.
llmart
(17,562 posts)lapfog_1
(31,869 posts)I can hear it now.
Raven123
(7,763 posts)twodogsbarking
(18,513 posts)
Srkdqltr
(9,680 posts)
moose65
(3,453 posts)Even the MAGAs are tired of him. Trump is old news now. How could ANYONE go to his “rallies”? He’s not a candidate for office. He doesn’t give a shit about the Republican Party, really. All he cares about is how it will affect HIM. He won’t say, “Vote for this or that candidate.” It will be all about HIM.
Trump’s supporters have already shown that they will not show up to vote in large numbers when he isn’t on the ballot. May it continue!
greymattermom
(5,807 posts)Can he do a rally while seated?
BradBo
(996 posts)
Ray Bruns
(6,266 posts)Don’t listen to him Trump. You’re in excellent health. Remember, you’re 6’ 5” and 210 lbs of raw muscle. Hell, you should do multiple rallies OUTSIDE no matter what the weather is.
BradBo
(996 posts)I really don’t want him to be made a martyr. S long as we have to deal with him he’s more useful being febrile and doing stupid shit that makes other Republicans want to retire soon.
We need the House, not Vance.
Ray Bruns
(6,266 posts)Moment he’s in the ground.
BradBo
(996 posts)But it seems like a race to the bottom for MAGA with the polls looking the way there are right now.
Figarosmom
(11,573 posts)Physically he isn't going to be able to take it. Broke people at Xmas time are desperate which makes it dangerous for him as well.
Ray Bruns
(6,266 posts)Don’t listen to him Trump. You’re in excellent health. Remember, you’re 6’ 5” and 210 lbs of raw muscle. Hell, you should do multiple rallies OUTSIDE no matter what the weather is.
AverageOldGuy
(3,746 posts)The outcome of this barnstorming tour will be:
-- He collapses and dies at the 3d or 4th stop, or,
-- He collapses early in the tour, survives, goes back to DC, Congress invokes the 25th Amendment or,
-- He ends the tour after stops 2 or 3, returns to DC, spends the rest of his term as a blubbering idiot, aides propping him up, or,
-- Someone at one of his stops does not miss.
Deminpenn
(17,449 posts)It's been shown that the more Americans see of Trump, the less they like him.
I wonder if McKenzie, the R who beat incumbent D Matt Cartwright in PA-10, will show up. Or if Stacey Garrity, the incumbent R state treasurer, who's running for gov will.
struggle4progress
(126,015 posts)Come on, baby! Let's do the sleepwalker!
Aussie105
(7,840 posts)Why go on tour to tell people what they see in real life happening, is just in their imagination?
So much more comfortable for him to do that in front of a camera in the White House or Mar-a-lago.
Trump script writers, be imaginative! You will need to be!
Martin68
(27,590 posts)Trump is his own worst enemy now. He's a poster boy for why MAGA is a compete and utter failure.
MuirHero
(138 posts)Trying to convince people that the shit sandwich they've been given is filet mignon is not going to fly.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(135,142 posts)
Boo1
(320 posts)Go ahead and rally in a bunch of battleground districts where the Republican candidates would be happier if you stayed far, far away.
Blumancru
(256 posts)When that is all I hear in my very red area. People see it every time they buy food.
He can’t even stay awake in a cabinet meeting. They will have to inject him with stimulants, which can make someone speak incoherently. Hmm. It may be hard to tell the difference.
This will be a disaster.
sop
(18,409 posts)then sell them some merch.
pfitz59
(12,637 posts)and you're paying for it! Plenty of clowns.
Crowman2009
(3,501 posts) CapnSteve
(402 posts)…just let us know when and where. Looking forward to the optics of hundreds in the venue with thousands protesting outside.
OverBurn
(1,290 posts)Orrex
(67,011 posts)Ray Bruns
(6,266 posts)Irish_Dem
(80,979 posts)How much cash will he rake in?
LiberalLovinLug
(14,657 posts)Another cash grab. He'll sell t-shirts, hats, and probably a few new items. What's left? he's done sneakers, steak, water, Bibles, watches, nfts, bit coin, .....
Irish_Dem
(80,979 posts)Maggots would love it.
bucolic_frolic
(54,884 posts)Can't fool the public anymore. That ship sailed.
sop
(18,409 posts)The 2026 Trump Scapegoating Tour
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,920 posts)His shtick is so fucking old and tired……kinda like him.
Paladin
(32,354 posts)electric_blue68
(26,777 posts)👍👍👍
Magoo48
(6,718 posts)Botany
(77,141 posts)Besides dancing he can tell the people about tearing down the White House, murdering
people in boats, the millions he got letting the biggest drug dealer in history out of prison,
and having Ukraine surrender to Russia.
Falcon101
(75 posts)So he will make more promises that will not go anywhere such as DOGE checks, Tariff checks, end of income taxes, and debt paid off. And great health care and so on.
mwb970
(12,139 posts)I suspect that the protesters will outnumber the MAGA morons inside.
lrucks1952
(29 posts)It is my hope that he schedules several of these rallies and it is my view he will not get through 2 of them. It is my hope he will fall over on stage and allow his so called Christian followers to see the last vestige of this orange clown. I hope some sanity of truth hits these hypocrites.
Norrrm
(4,844 posts)2na fisherman
(307 posts)Every venue will be controlled and packed with paid shills for Trump and audience members will be vetted for their loyalty. His team will probably have to offer more money to motivate them to cheer for his nonsense. And special attention must be paid to place those phony "Blacks For Trump" folks behind the podium. He has recently revealed himself to be an open racist by the way in which he insulted people from Somalia. How can any POC's support him when they know how he really feels about them? One can understand the $hallow motivation of the few POC's still holding office in his administration. They must be willing to swallow their pride and convince themselves that a paycheck is worth their sell-out to serve this shameful regime.
ashredux
(2,926 posts)
kimbutgar
(27,193 posts)He will be incoherent and talk gibberish that it might wake up some of his magaloons supporters to the truth he is crazy and dangerous.
Jacson6
(1,945 posts)Three more years of this jackass.
littlemissmartypants
(32,964 posts)
Qutzupalotl
(15,800 posts)
Ol Janx Spirit
(996 posts)What does the orange racist Grump-pa really have to offer these days for a "message"?
What will be any different than what he says from the Oval every day?
This sounds like a much better opportunity for massive "No Kings" protests than to rally the already-faithful.
Unless--of course--participation becomes mandatory; corporate sponsors are required to set up booths and give away free swag; cities and states are threatened with economic punishment if they do not turn out "crowds like nobody ever thought was possible."
Would we put this past Spray Tan Satan?
BadGimp
(4,109 posts)"White House aides see Trump as the Republican Party's best salesman —
But of course they do. If the only Tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
maliaSmith
(193 posts)In January 2026, millions of American's health insurance rates will rise to unaffordable amounts. Wait till the shock of how much the rates will be comingled with Taco Trump's crazy affordable tour he's talking about going on that will showcase how bad his dementia is, and you have a huge GOP caused mess.
I'm a retired federal employee, who has the same type of health care insurance that Congress has. The ACA insurance care was modeled by the care federal employees and Congress receive, like not being able to deny care due to any preexisting condition. That the GOP would take away that care, while they continue to get excellent health care for a low cost, is totally disgusting. As a federal employee I never had to worry about my family's health care or costs. I want the same thing for all Americans, unlike the GOP, who could care less. This information along with all the damage done by the GOP and Trump, is a topic every Democrat candidate must talk about while campaigning. Will health insurance being made unaffordable by the GOP, local hospitals will shoulder the burden in their emergency rooms, and many small local hospitals will close due to going broke.
justsomeguy01
(47 posts)No doubt required propaganda for hundreds of local TV newscasts on outlets owned by Sinclair & Nextstar - with fawning excerpts and narration from the home office or at most VNR with required copy to be read by local "anchors".
IronLionZion
(51,147 posts)Isn't that how it works?
Sogo
(7,168 posts)We've got some great comedy writers here at DU!!
jmowreader
(53,119 posts)At the first stop on his barnstorming tour, he'll spend three hours airing his grievances - something Trump does frequently. After the press starts calling Trump "Frank Costanza" and describing the tour as "a Festivus for none of us," it will end as quickly as it began.
duckworth969
(1,346 posts)Is maybe what the toadies around him want?
Yeah boss, get out there and distract, and while you’re at it, how about a stroke on the grandstand?
Make a martyr out of Chumpkin’s stupid ass and put Vance in the presidency.
Kill one of their own, isn’t that what the Mafia does?
twodogsbarking
(18,513 posts)Order now and pay 50% more; suckers.
flashman13
(2,349 posts)He is no longer capable of staying on his feet for more than a few minutes.
peppertree
(23,272 posts)Which is just as well - because in the shape he's in, he'll probably end up like Warren Harding (who tried a similar stunt after he approval plummeted amid a flood of scandal).
And like Harding was, he'll probably be poisoned by his own GOPee - anxious as they are to get rid of a president they now see as a yooge liability (and just plain asshole).
peppertree
(23,272 posts)An like with Harding in 1923 (whom they obviously poisoned, as he had become political dead weight), the GOPee's idea is to use Cheeto's demise as a rallying cry for a victory in the next elections.
But Shady Vance is no Coolidge - and today's economy isn't 1924's (to say the least).
Brother Buzz
(39,847 posts)peppertree
(23,272 posts)Because this pointless little tour might just be what does the Orange Pig in.
(not that I wish it on him - because it'll only leave us with Shady Dunce as president)
travelingthrulife
(5,068 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(12,208 posts)I wonder what food item he'll tackle next. Pomegranates, maybe. Who doesn't miss having pomegranates with every meal?
electric_blue68
(26,777 posts)As a young picky eater, I tried them later on. My mom would eat them. A very pretty fruit.
eringer
(524 posts)Right when they are trying to get doctor’s appointments before they lose coverage on January 1st.