Trump unsure whether impact of economic policies will be felt in time for midterms, WSJ reports

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Reuters

December 14, 2025 1:15 AM EST Updated 3 hours ago


Dec 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump expressed uncertainty about whether Republicans would keep control of the House of Representatives in next year's midterm elections because some of his economic policies have yet to take full effect, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Trump, in an interview conducted on Friday, told the Journal, "I can’t tell you. I don’t know when all of this money is going to kick in," when asked about the whether Republicans would lose the House in November. The White House did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment. The president has argued that his economic policies, including his imposition of widespread tariffs on imports, are creating jobs, boosting the stock market and attracting increased investment into the United States.

After campaigning last year on promises to tame inflation, Trump has in recent weeks alternated between dismissing affordability problems as a hoax, blaming President Joe Biden for them, and promising his economic policies will benefit Americans next year. "I think by the time we have to talk about the election, which is in another few months, I think our prices are in good shape," Trump said in the interview.

Last month the president rolled back tariffs on more than 200 food products in the face of growing angst among American consumers about the high cost of groceries.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-unsure-if-his-economic-agenda-will-deliver-republican-gains-midterms-wsj-2025-12-14/

[Coldwater]

1. With 1.17 million jobs cut in 2025

and companies lining up to lay off even more employees in early 2026, I think we've seen enough of trump's economic policies.

The funny thing is he may get bailed out again by SCOTUS by finding his tariffs illegal.

[C_U_L8R]

2. What policies?

He’s too busy stealing and destroying. We’re all fucked while he’s making off like a bandit.

[riversedge]

4. That is what I asked when I saw this article.

[mdbl]

24. OH we feel them allright!

They just all feel like shit.

[BeyondGeography]

3. I hear the sound of Joe Biden laughing

Let me help him. They won’t.

[BootinUp]

5. The pukes will get their just deserts. Nt

[kerouac2]

6. Uh, hello?? Impact is being felt already! duh

Rolling back tariffs to help economy proves how bad they were in the first place. Duh duh.

All this pain is the impact.

[Roy Rolling]

7. Who is Dumb Enough to Ask a Moron?

The “Trump said this” obsession is the root of the problem,

Starve propagandists of FREE media coverage/amplification.

It isn’t education/information, it’s noise.

If you can’t starve the mouthpiece, starve the stomach of the beast—boycott sponsors of MAGA.

[LymphocyteLover]

8. it is being felt -- just not the way Pedo POTUS wants it ... he is a demented moronic POS

[Historic NY]

9. What effect is he looking for beyond the chaos he has created.

He still doesn't understand economics, that tariffs cost the consumer.

[BradBo]

10. Trumps aids are telling him a bullshit story about the economy.

I think they want to stop the mid terms by destabilizing the country. So they can grift AND deport as many people as they can.

[Lonestarblue]

11. Delusional old man finally admits that he has no clue about what is happening.

The impact of his stupid policies is being felt by millions of people and it will only get worse as ACA subsidies expire and people have to choose whether to pay the rent or mortgage or buy health insurance.

[infullview]

13. People are also having to make choices about food.

High rent/mortgage, out of sight heath insurance costs, food prices rising by an average of 15%, not to mention local taxes going up to fund federal funding deficits, and the lowest priced of cars crossing the 50,000 mark. Who in the hell can afford to live? Answer: the 1%

[Playingmantis]

17. The 1% are all he cares about

[Bluetus]

12. 2 weeks. Prices are coming down in 2 weeks.

At least, that's the concept of our plan.

[peppertree]

32. Reminds me of that sleazy contractor in the '80s Tom Hanks comedy 'The Money Pit'

Every time he asked him when he thought this or that job would be done, it was always "two weeks."

"You sound like a parakeet!"

[paleotn]

14. A pity since his "policies" will make things worse.

They're not policies. They're the ramblings of a delusional old man suffering the onset of Alzheimers. May he die quickly.

[patphil]

15. We're already feeling the impact of his financial policies, and it's getting worse every day,.

[Playingmantis]

16. Wanna bet?

' "I think by the time we have to talk about the election, which is in another few months, I think our prices are in good shape," Trump said in the interview."

Of course he will deny saying this and blame Biden.

I will bet the farm on this..

[Farmer-Rick]

18. He told us to quit buying so many dolls and pencils

It's all due to the high price of dolls and pencils don't you know. So he took off their 50% tariffs.

Let's face it, it's his Alzheimer's riddle mind's way of expressing, "get use to living on less, a lot less". For the good of steal corporations and the filthy-rich, the middle class and poor will just have to make do with less.... it's the American way. Yeah, capitalism.

[Nasruddin]

19. Oh I think they will

But there are a lot of dumb people out there, and a lot of cultists. Between the 2 of them that's more than 50% of the electorate, my guess.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

20. So that is an admission that he's lying about the economy.

"I think by the time we have to talk about the election, which is in another few months, I think our prices are in good shape," he said in the interview.

But he has famously said "affordability" is a hoax perpetrated by Democrats.

If "affordability" is a hoax, why are prices not already "in good shape"?

I wonder if the WSJ reporter asked him if he was lying to us when he said that?

The headline should read: "Trump admits lying about affordability being a Democratic hoax."

[Javaman]

21. I'm betting the economy will crater right around mid January.

then there will be a mass exodus of repukes from the house and maybe one or two from the senate.

hopefully the Dems, who would be then in control can save the nation from a true death spiral.

[orangecrush]

22. Oh, we're feeling it, you motherfucker

Wouldn't miss voting against your enablers for the world.

[chouchou]

23. "It won't be long until our management will kick up the economic policies"

"I think we will be in good shape." (As soon as I steal every damn dollar I can find)
Yeah Donnie, things will be okey dokey ...or two weeks from now...or when I hit the Power Ball Lottery 3 times in a row.

[Martin68]

25. Bullshit! The full negative impact from his war on immigrants, across the board tariffs, and health care fiasco has yet

to be felt. It's not going to get better - it's going to get worse.

[UpInArms]

26. oh, we are definitely feeling the impact of his "policies"

what a moran

[bucolic_frolic]

27. I KNEW all the benefits of TRUMPISM would be 2 weeks AFTER the election

Just like health care. And infrastructure.

Don't be conned again!

[DallasNE]

28. Trump Has No Worry

They are being felt in time for the midterms. Just look at the charts. They are speaking very loudly already.

[thesquanderer]

29. I *hope* the full impact of his economic policies will be felt before the midterms.

Not that I wish hard times on anyone, but the policies are what they are, and they are bad, and the more people realize that as midterms approach, the better.

[slightlv]

31. I'm one of those hit hard...

living from SS check to SS check, and each month it costs more to try to live. It's not just the tariffs on food, etc... although my grocery bill went up from $200 to $250 this past week (and no, I bought basically the same as always, just let a few things I usually buy slide this time around).

But Insurance on House and Car... state property taxes. Everything is maxing out, and killing us.

This month, I had a little over $2000 in SS checks.
House insurance was around $1400+
Car insurance (2 cars) was $500+
Property taxes were over $1500 /six months
About $1200 in medical expenses that my MA didn't pay for hubby's previous hospitalization in Oct.

We're living more and more on using the credit card to get us by for food and necessities. And I hate it. I try to pay them off each month they come in, but what I went through this month, I'll be MONTHS trying to pay it all down and out. And, it has to be done before February, because insurance for the cars comes due 3 Feb. And then we get to hang on until May, when house insurance, cars, and property taxes hit again.

Things is, hubby and I both have chronic conditions. I'm trying to maintain NOT going to docs or specialists (and adding on other meds), by living month to month on my hydrocodone script. Which, if they use AI in healthcare, scares me to death.

Meanwhile, hubby is worse with heart attacks. He HAS to go to the hospital. But we have NO hospital in this little rural town, so we have to travel 45 miles to get to the nearest one. That means, calling EMS so they can transport him. It's all a racket!

[appleannie1]

30. I hope not. Things are bad enough already. We don't need things worse.

[Prairie Gates]

33. What a bullshit headline

Fuck's sake. I know it's WSJ, but they're usually not this obvious with their bullshit in the news division.

[AllyCat]

34. Oh, we're feeling it alright Pedo.

[wolfie001]

35. Economy is like a fake western town in a Hollywood movie

Nothing behind the facades. All an illusion. That's why the fatso wants to build a triumphal arch in addition to the shitty ballroom. 🤢🤮