Ann Coulter has predicted a Republican “bloodbath” in November’s midterm elections during an episode of her Unsafe podcast.
The conservative commentator, 64, once a vocal Donald Trump backer, now forecasts an electoral wipeout for the GOP as the party grapples with fallout from the Iran war, surging gas prices, and the president’s sinking approval ratings. Coulter’s warning arrives with Democrats gaining ground in races that could decide congressional control.
“Republicans are about to be completely wiped out in the midterms, this is going to be a bloodbath like we haven’t seen before,” Coulter said on the podcast.
She zeroed in on Trump’s management of the Iran conflict as a prime driver of Republican woes. Coulter contended the military engagement had backfired strategically, leaving Tehran in a stronger position than before hostilities began.
“We have replaced the leadership, the mullahs running Iran with either the equivalent or worse mullahs,” she argued. “We’ve made Iran way stronger. Turns out they don’t even need a nuke. They can just shut down the Strait of Hormuz.”
Trump has countered that the Strait of Hormuz stays open and under American control.
Coulter also defended Vice President JD Vance, asserting he had opposed the war and was being scapegoated by critics. “Of course, everyone’s blaming the one person who opposed the war in the administration, JD Vance. We might wanna go back and look at who were the biggest cheerleaders for this war,” she said.
She maintained that Trump had been warned repeatedly about the consequences of choking the strait but pressed ahead anyway. A Wall Street Journal report from March indicated senior officials had briefed Trump on the risks during closed sessions, though he reportedly calculated that Tehran would capitulate or that U.S. Forces could keep shipping lanes flowing.
Coulter broadened her critique to encompass the domestic political price of Washington’s Israel policy, noting public surprise at the scale of American financial backing.
“A lot of people were unaware of the scale of U.S. Financial support for Israel, and that has become a significant campaign issue in states such as Michigan, as well as a focus of attention on AIPAC and its political donations,” she said.
She continued: “This has been damaging across the board, for the Republican Party, for Trump, for Israel, and for American Jews.”
The podcast episode lands as Trump faces dismal numbers on foreign affairs. A recent CNN/SSRS survey showed only 29 percent of U.S. Adults approving of his handling of international issues, against 71 percent disapproving. The strait closure has helped push cost-of-living spikes and driven Trump’s overall approval to a record-low 32 percent.
Republicans now hold 53 Senate seats to the Democrats’ 47, with the House split 219-214 in the GOP’s favor. Democrats need 51 Senate seats and 218 House seats to seize control of both chambers. Current projections place Democrats around 230 House seats versus roughly 200 for Republicans, while Senate battles in North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Iowa have tightened into closely watched contests.
Coulter’s break from Trump marks a sharp reversal for a pundit who championed his 2016 campaign and early presidency. Her shift crystallized as she soured on his immigration record and broader policy direction, and she has since become a persistent right-wing critic of his leadership.
Coulter’s midterm warning adds to a growing chorus of Republican anxiety about November, with the party’s Senate and House majorities now both in jeopardy amid economic headwinds and voter dissatisfaction with the administration’s foreign entanglements.
Trump is scheduled to hold a rally in Wisconsin next week as his team scrambles to reverse the polling slide.