Podcasts · Making the Argument with Nick Freitas

Does Trump Deserve a Midterm Win?

30 Sep 2026 · 59 min

The midterms are already going on right now, and millions of ballots are being cast all over the country. Here are five reasons Trump deserves a midterm win.

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00:00 – Do Republicans deserve to keep Congress for more than just stopping the Democrats?

03:52 – Border apprehensions at all-time lows, down more than 94%

06:52 – Why Democrats flooded the border: future votes and extra congressional seats

12:18 – ICE set a record for arrests in August, and why it went quiet

18:14 – Has any president deported more people against more opposition?

20:48 – Legal immigration from Muslim-majority countries has dropped 96% under Trump

26:46 – Naturalizations at a multi-decade low, and the lesson from Sweden

31:28 – Minnesota's anti-ICE aid fund: only 82 of 300 applicants cleared as non-fraudulent

36:39 – Violent crime fell 9.3% in one year, according to the FBI's 2025 data

40:55 – The federal workforce is at its lowest since 1966, down 336,000

43:09 – Why even a "not bad" midterm would be a devastating blow to the GOP establishment

50:00 – Punish bad Republicans in the primaries

53:12 – Primaries work: Nick's own challenge and 270 state legislative wins

This is Episode 590 of Making the Argument, published September 30, 2026.

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