{"id":2523606,"date":"2025-12-20T12:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T17:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-in-trouble-if-trumps-economy-delivers-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T12:49:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T17:49:48","slug":"democrats-in-trouble-if-trumps-economy-delivers-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-in-trouble-if-trumps-economy-delivers-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats in trouble if Trump\u2019s economy delivers: Joe Concha"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-in-trouble-if-trumps-economy-delivers-joe-concha%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2523606&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha warned that Democrats will face a &#8220;big problem&#8221; in the 2026 midterm elections if former President Donald Trump succeeds in delivering on his economic agenda. speaking on Fox News&#8217;s *Hannity*, Concha emphasized that the 2026 elections will largely depend on economic performance. He noted that Democrats cannot rely solely on opposing Trump but will need a clear economic plan to compete effectively.<\/p>\n<p>Concha highlighted Trump&#8217;s tariffs as a significant bet that critics predicted would harm the economy, but instead, the stock market has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-trump-spent-money-like-a-drunken-sailor\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley: ...&#039;s spending was excessive.\">shown strong performance<\/a>. He also pointed out various economic and policy accomplishments of the Trump administration, both domestic and foreign, which Trump is likely to promote leading up to the 2026 midterms.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks came following Trump&#8217;s speech in Rocky Mount, north Carolina, where he criticized President Joe Biden for current economic difficulties and warned of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-on-congress-to-move-forward-on-raising-debt-ceiling\/\" title=\"Biden Calls On Congress To \u2018Move Forward\u2019 On Raising Debt Ceiling\">potential government shutdown<\/a> over disputes related to the Affordable Care Act&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-announces-official-1-75-trillion-build-back-better-proposal\/\" title=\"Biden Announces Official .75 Trillion Build Back Better Proposal\">premium tax credits<\/a>. Concha suggests that the political landscape for Democrats in 2026 will be heavily influenced by Trump&#8217;s economic impact and messaging.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats will have a &lsquo;big problem&rsquo; if Trump delivers on the economy: Joe Concha<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2450444\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> warned that Democrats will have a &ldquo;big problem&rdquo; in the 2026 midterms if President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> delivers on his economic plan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At this point, 2026 is all about how the economy will perform,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Hannity<\/em>. &ldquo;Democrats can&rsquo;t just say &lsquo;Donald Trump bad, resist him, save democracy.&rsquo; They&rsquo;re going to need a plan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3926044\/trump-warns-government-shutdown-obamacare\/\">Trump warns of January government shutdown over Obamacare during North Carolina speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4074647\/trump-pressure-maduro-new-sanctions-associates-their-families\/\">Trump increases pressure on Maduro with new sanctions on associates and their families<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4074519\/trump-pressure-insurance-companies-lowering-premiums\/\">Trump has light-bulb moment as he announces on the fly he will <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >pressure insurance companies<\/a> into 80% price cuts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4108405\/trumps-alcoholics-personality-comes-through-white-house-report-card\/\">TRUMP&rsquo;S &lsquo;ALCOHOLIC&rsquo;S PERSONALITY COMES THROUGH: WHITE HOUSE REPORT CARD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3291538&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=1609e484bdeb986417bfd341b28b7e67\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha&rsquo;s remarks came after Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3926044\/trump-warns-government-shutdown-obamacare\/\">delivered a speech<\/a> in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the latest stop of the president&rsquo;s affordability tour.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During his speech, Trump blamed former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a> for the current economic challenges Americans are facing and warned of a second <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\">government shutdown<\/a> in less than three months over the extension of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/affordable-care-act\/\">Affordable Care Act&rsquo;<\/a>s premium tax credit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3926044\/trump-warns-government-shutdown-obamacare\/\">TRUMP WARNS OF JANUARY GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN OVER OBAMACARE DURING NORTH CAROLINA SPEECH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Concha said Democrats will need a plan if Trump delivers on his economic plan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Donald Trump is delivering on his plan in terms of the economy, they&rsquo;re going to have a big big problem in November of 2026,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Concha also discussed Trump&rsquo;s economic agenda, arguing the tariffs were the &ldquo;biggest bet&rdquo; of Trump&rsquo;s career.<\/p>\n<p>When Trump initially unveiled his reciprocal <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\">tariffs<\/a>, Concha pointed out, critics warned that it would lead to a recession and a stock market crash.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Instead, now, what do we see today for example, the stock market is above 48,000 heading towards 50,000,&rdquo; Concha said. &ldquo;So the tariff war, as far as Trump engaging it, did not hurt the economy the way many people said it would.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3925112\/inflation-dropped-november-report-delayed-shutdown\/\"><strong>INFLATION DROPPED TO 2.7% IN NOVEMBER, REPORT DELAYED BY SHUTDOWN SHOWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Concha also highlighted the Trump administration&rsquo;s accomplishments both foreign and domestic, saying the president will remind the public ahead of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-elections\/\">2026 midterms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now that&rsquo;s what 2026 is about,&rdquo; Concha said. &ldquo;Selling what happened in 2025 and what&rsquo;s going to happen in 2026.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats face a &#8216;big problem&#8217; if Trump succeeds economically: Concha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2523607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25354128981690.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32431,3685,52093,5894,54095],"class_list":["post-2523606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-2024-election","tag-democrats","tag-joe-concha","tag-politics","tag-trump-economy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25354128981690.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2523606"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2523610,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523606\/revisions\/2523610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2523607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2523606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2523606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2523606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}