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Kumar, A. (2026, October 31). Trumpiana: Duck duck, Trick or treat? Quack quack! Times of India. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/trumpiana-duck-duck-trick-or-treat-quack-quack/articleshow/135401748.cms

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Times of India · collected 2026-10-31 · by Arun Kumar

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As midterm elections approach, President Donald Trump continues his campaign tour despite concerns about his approval ratings and the Democratic party's potential gains. Despite economic growth and low unemployment, issues like rising gas prices and dissatisfaction with his Iran policy have hurt his standing. Trump has questioned election integrity, offering a million-dollar reward for reporting voter fraud and requesting ballot reviews in Washington state and California, while also calling for criminal prosecution of Alaska’s Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola over alleged vote tampering. On the campaign trail, he emphasized economic success but also made remarks about male politicians' physiques that drew criticism.
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As the midterm election day approached in late October 2026, Donald Trump was facing a significant drop in approval ratings despite sealing the border, reducing crime rates, and achieving a robust economic growth of 3.4% over the summer. Concerned about losing support on key issues like immigration and affordability due to rising gas prices and his unpopular stance against Iran, Trump launched a 32-day campaign across Republican-leaning states. His approval ratings remained low despite these efforts. To counter potential Democratic gains, he questioned election integrity through social media and offered a million-dollar reward for reports of voter fraud. The New York Times reported that Trump had cast doubt on elections on 460 days during his second term, highlighting the political environment leading up to the midterms.

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🔮 , what would Donald be?Nearing the end of his blistering 32 day blitz across largely Republican red America
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“To have to give advanced notices to a judge who has no expertise in Golf, Architecture, Landscaping, Construction, or anything else having to do with building such a World Class Project, is not fair, appropriate, or Constitutional,” Trump wrote announcing the closure.
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🔮 , what would Donald be?Nearing the end of his blistering 32 day blitz across largely Republican red America
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, what would Donald be?Nearing the end of his blistering 32 day blitz across largely Republican red America asserted
Donald → be?neare → America
, Donald Trump was in a mighty blue funk as the day of midterm reckoning came closing in. He had sealed the border tight, made the cities safer and the American economy had grown at its fastest pace since last year with a robust 3.4% increase over the summer. asserted
economy → close → summer
Was he a victim of his own success to let two potent issues of immigration and law and order cede ground to affordability amid rising gas prices and his unpopular ‘war of choice’ with Iran. asserted
issues → let → Iran
Or ‘fake news’ pollsters were simply overstating the size of the big blue Democratic wave? asserted
pollsters → overstate → wave
Time to find a new trick, thought the POTUS, who by a New York Times count has cast doubt on elections on 460 days in his second term. asserted
who → find → term
And as Right-wing influencers started pushing new theories on social media to question the integrity of the elections, Trump announced a million dollar reward to “anybody reporting Voter Fraud” in these and previous elections on conviction of the fraudsters. asserted
Trump → start → fraudsters
His Justice Department asked Washington state to set aside 400 ballots from voters it claimed may be noncitizens as an appeals court blocked a similar request from the DOJ in California. uncertain
court → ask → California
It also ordered the Trump administration to turn over its list of 20,000 alleged noncitizen registrants in California to immigrant rights groups. asserted
It → order → groups
Trump also sought criminal prosecution of Mary Peltola, the Democratic Senate candidate in Alaska after revelations that her campaign recruited another candidate to siphon off votes from her Republican opponent, Dan S Sullivan. asserted
campaign → seek → opponent
“I think they should be prosecuted,” he said about Peltola and the other Sullivan, when asked about The New York Times investigation. asserted
he → think → investigation
Then hitting the campaign trail again, Trump declared on Truth Social,“INFLATION IS WAY DOWN UNDER ‘TRUMP.’ asserted
Trump → hit → TRUMP
He also uncanceled two rallies in Kansas and Iowa after initially pulling out of them to reach more voters via tele-rallies as critics raised doubts about his stamina. asserted
critics → uncancele → stamina
President Trump loves his supporters, and in addition to nearly 20 tele-rallies, he will hold back-to-back rallies in Kansas and Iowa on Sunday,” the White House announced. asserted
House → love → Sunday
“No one works harder, fights harder, or loves the American people more than President Donald J. Trump!” asserted
one → work → Trump
But on the campaign trail, Trump’s jokes about other men’s attractiveness raised some eyebrows. asserted
jokes → raise → eyebrows
“I looked at his ass, and then I looked at his legs. asserted
I → look → legs
I said, ‘His ass, shit, it’s like, it’s like a pile of muscle,” he said of Ohio senator Jon Husted. asserted
he → say → Husted
He also claimed to have “fallen in love” with South Carolina senator Tim Scott. asserted
He → claim → Scott
Back in Michigan, Trump turned his attention to the posterior of rapper Nicki Minaj. asserted
Trump → turn → Minaj
“I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass before: Nicki Minaj,” he said. asserted
he → look → ass
“That’s hard to miss. asserted
That → ’ → ?
That’s hard to miss.” asserted
That → ’ → ?
And his supporters are lapping it all up as the Republicans’ 80-year-old star campaigner rants and raves for hours at rally after rally to retain control of the US House and Senate. asserted
campaigner → lap → House
Back in Washington, a pesky judge opened a formal inquiry into whether officials misled the court about Trump’s plans to turn East Potomac Golf Links in Washington into a championship-level course. asserted
officials → open → course
The inquiry came after Trump’s lawyers claimed that there were no plans to shutter the course after Trump announced he would close it Nov. 15. asserted
he → come → it
“To have to give advanced notices to a judge who has no expertise in Golf, Architecture, Landscaping, Construction, or anything else having to do with building such a World Class Project, is not fair, appropriate, or Constitutional,” Trump wrote announcing the closure. asserted
Trump → give → closure
Officials have also appealed an order blocking Trump from removing more trees after 403 trees were chopped down from the course earlier. asserted
trees → appeal → course
And as Washington city leaders discussed launching a legal challenge to Trump’s proposed 250-foot high triumphal arch, his War secretary Pete Hegseth claimed it was a “generational national defense opportunity.” asserted
it → discuss → arch
Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told a judge in legal filings that the arch is vital for national security as it would be used to help defend the national capital from drones and other attacks! asserted
it → tell → drones
City leaders have not sued over Trump’s other construction projects, but several are concerned about the impact the arch would have on the capital, according to a Washington Post report. uncertain
arch → sue → report
Meanwhile, as Republicans and Democrats spent a record over $11.21 billion on political ads as tallied by ad-tracking service AdImpact cited by NBC, in the high stakes election, former president Barack Obama too jumped in to make fun of Trump. asserted
Obama → spend → Trump
“What’s up with the gold?” he asked a crowd in Detroit, “I mean, he’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.” asserted
Hussein → ’ → Factory
Cut to the quick, Trump hit back calling Obama “a grossly incompetent President!” alleging he “paid off Iran with $Billions, and gave them a road to a Nuclear Weapon.” asserted
he → cut → Weapon
And “Since we’re talking about The Cheesecake Factory…The only thing bigger than the menu is the list of President Trump’s accomplishments.” asserted
thing → talk → accomplishments
the White House posted with a list parodying the famous American restaurant chain’s menu. asserted
House → post → menu
And as Obama mocked Trump for the ‘whole-of-government response’ to his Cheesecake Factory joke, the White House reposted a follower’s AI generated meme with Obama sitting with Jesus Christ in a heavenly setting. asserted
Obama → mock → setting
As Obama complains about Trump “reversing all of my policies!” asserted
Trump → complain → policies
Jesus responds, “You reversed all of mine, which is why I sent Trump.” asserted
I → respond → Trump
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