Jesus if Dems somehow fumble '26 then the party might as well just take itself out behind the barn.
I don't think this about fumbling. It's about the dictator rigging the midterms. Gerrymandering, ICE/Army in the streets for voter intimidate, voter lists purge in democratic leaning locations, stuffed/swapped ballot boxes...
Rigging elections isn't hard when you have gone totally evil.
That said, Trump might eventually recognize his failing health and install a hand picked successor rather than run in the 2028 sham elections. Or postpone them for the civil war.