Last November, after Democrats clobbered the GOP in off-year elections, I floated [a theory](https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/2025-elections-democrats-trump-economy/) to explain the results.

“Simply put, [Donald] Trump has welshed on the devil’s bargain he offered” in 2024, I wrote.

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“Simply put, [Donald] Trump has welshed on the devil’s bargain he offered” in 2024, I wrote.

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