Ted Cruz says that Republicans are facing a “bloodbath” in the middle of the period

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Republican Senator Ted Cruise warned of a possible “bloodbath” for his party in the mid -term elections if Donald Trump’s tariff is sent to the American economy.

The Senator also predicted from Texas with a “terrible” fate of the world’s largest economy in the event of a complete commercial war and Trump’s tariffAs well as any reprisal measures on American goods, stay in place in the long run.

Trump’s ally, Cruz’s comments on referees on Friday were the most prominent warning from a member of the President’s party since the “Liberation Day” began to be imposed on the global market.

Republican lawmakers began concern about the effects of Trump’s tariff on the economy and the prospects of his party to control each of the Congress rooms in the mid -term elections. Wall Street defeat for two days.

On Thursday, Republican Chuck Grasli submitted a draft law in the Senate, as well as a democratic, to reaffirm the control of Congress in the policy of customs tariffs. Under the proposed law, the new fees will end in 60 days that Congress has not approved, and there will be a mechanism for legislators to cancel the definitions at any time.

The draft law was supported on Friday, when the Republican Senator Lisa Morkovsky, Mitch McConnell, Jerry Moran and Tom Teleles signed as the participating sponsors. The draft law is likely to be a symbol more than anything else, but it indicates an increase in the dispute within the Republican Party, where legislators regarding the effects of commercial policy worry about the electoral districts that depend on exports-or hopes for its re-election.

There were already signs of voters’ dissatisfaction this week, when the Illon Governor, backed by musk I lost the state’s Supreme Court seat In Wisconsin for the liberal candidate. The Republicans were also suffering from twice their results in 2024 in special home elections in Florida.

If Trump and Any retaliatory tariff He remained in a long -term place and pushed the United States to “stagnate, especially the bad recession, 2026, will most likely be politically to be a bloodbath.

Despite the Republican majority 53-47 in the Senate, “If we are in the middle of the recession and people are badly harmful, they are punishing the party in power.”

Texas, born in Canada, did not participate in the president’s assessment that the definitions will be included in a “prosperous economy”. Instead, Cruz said that there may be a “huge economic boom” only if the United States and any countries retaliate to reduce their duties.

But if “every other country on the ground” strikes the United States with revenge definitions and the so -called mutual fees, “this is a terrible result,” Senator warned.

Cruz said that if the confrontation between the United States and its commercial partners is rising to a full commercial war, “It will destroy jobs here at home and cause real damage to the American economy.” It will also have a “strong upward effect on inflation”.