Former Trump administration Homeland Security official Miles Taylor says new polling showing government corruption as voters' top concern could be a 'death sentence' for MAGA ahead of the 2026 midterms. In a Fox News poll, 88% of registered voters said they were extremely or very concerned about government corruption, ahead of inflation (85%), gas prices (83%) and health care (80%), while Trump's approval stood at 36%, the network's lowest reading for him. Taylor also cited a Gallup finding that 89% of Americans see corruption as widespread in the federal government, and reports that donors to the proposed White House ballroom, including Apple, Nvidia, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft and Palantir, later received government contracts or favorable regulatory decisions. He argued there is 'nothing Trump can do about it in the next three weeks.'
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