President Trump Gives Major Warning What Will Happen If Republicans Can't Retain Control Of The House

President Trump gave a major warning about what would happen if Republicans are unable to retain the House in the 2026 midterms.

While speaking to mebers of Congress on Tuesday, the 47th President warned that if Republicans are unable to retain the House, then there’s a possibility he will be impeached for the third time.

Currently, Republican lawmakers hold a slim House majority of 218 seats to Democrats’ 213.

NBC News had more to share on Trump’s remarks to Republican lawmakers

President Donald Trump had a warning for Republicans on Tuesday: If they don’t retain control of Congress in this year’s midterm elections, Democrats will impeach him again.

“You got to win the midterms, because if we don’t win the midterms, it’s just going to be — I mean, they’ll find a reason to impeach me,” Trump said in a speech at a House Republican policy retreat. “I’ll get impeached.”

Trump’s remarks come as polling indicates that most voters feel the country is on the wrong track, with the economy a top concern, less than a year before the midterm elections. All members of the House and a third of senators are up for re-election in November, which could determine whether Republicans are able to continue carrying out their agenda in the final two years of Trump’s second term.

Trump is the only president to have been impeached twice in the House, although supporters of the move in the Senate did not have the necessary two-thirds supermajority of votes to convict him in either of the cases.

Watch Trump make the warning here:

Trump: "You gotta win the midterms. Because if we don't win the midterms, they'll find a reason to impeach me. I'll get impeached." pic.twitter.com/89NvspoP99

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 6, 2026

Fox News reported how Republican lawmakers reacted to Trump’s address:

Republicans coming away from an address President Donald Trump delivered to GOP lawmakers on Tuesday expressed renewed confidence in the trajectory of the administration’s efforts.

“I’m grateful the president called on Republicans to unite as one team — because when we stand together, we win,” Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., said of the meeting.

During his more than 80-minute address at the Kennedy Center, Trump touched on a slew of priorities. He called on Republicans to double down on their messaging on successes in his first year back in office and encouraged them to aggressively push wins in areas like healthcare.

ADVERTISEMENT

“He laid out a clear vision to deliver real solutions that strengthen healthcare, lower costs for families and protect the U.S. Treasury. We’ve already achieved meaningful tax reforms that are putting more money back into family budgets,” Langworthy said.

Trump’s remarks come as Congress stares down a full plate of legislative priorities to begin the year in 2026.

Among them, lawmakers must decide what to do about enhanced premium subsidies for Obamacare that expired at the end of last year. Republicans remained divided over whether to renew those subsidies, reform the program to lower costs or pursue some other course of action.

In the midst of that picture, Trump encouraged Republicans to make healthcare their issue, seeking to strip Democrats of heavy messaging on topics like Medicaid and Obamacare.

“You want to turn this thing? You work on favorite nations, you work on borders, you work on all of the things that we talked about. But now you take the healthcare issue away from them. They cannot fight it successfully; there is nothing they can do,” Trump said.

“Let the money go directly to the people where they can buy their own healthcare,” Trump said, resurfacing his calls to reform federal assistance for the Obamacare subsidies.

“I’m not sure I’ve ever said anything that was more impactful. This was an idea that the whole country went crazy. If you can somehow do that, this is going to be your issue.”

Trump stressed that the messaging, coupled with the other successes of his first year back in office, would provide Republicans ample opportunity to pitch their work to voters in the coming months.

ADVERTISEMENT

“You have so many good nuggets — you have to use them,” Trump said. “If you can sell them, we’re gonna win. Just don’t fight it. We’ve had the most successful first year of any president in history. And it should be a positive. Make it a positive.”

The message resonated with Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y. She pointed back to some of the GOP priorities that passed as a part of Trump’s border and tax package in July.

“President Trump focused on the victories we delivered for working Americans in 2025. Because of the work Republicans have done, inflation is lower, taxes have been cut, our borders are secure, women’s sports are protected, gas is cheaper, mortgages are more affordable and our economy has grown,” Malliotakis said.

“We will build on this success and keep winning for America in this historic 250th anniversary year,” she added.