Trump makes ‘incredibly revealing’ admission about GOP: ‘Very angry’

National PoliticsPresident Donald Trump said he doesn't believe GOP voters are frustrated with him. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP Photo/Alex BrandonPresident Donald Trump revealed in a new interview that he believes his base is mad at congressional Republicans — but not at him.In comments released Friday, Trump questioned whether GOP voters would show up at the polls during the midterm elections.“If I don’t run, will those people go out and vote?” Trump asked Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News. “And that’s the one thing I can’t tell. I’m going to ask them to.”Trump continued: “The question is, will they vote? Cause a lot of them are very angry at Republicans, to be honest with you.” The president replied, “I don’t know,” when asked why.He also said he doesn’t have to campaign on behalf of Republicans but is making the effort, citing his “busy schedule” and how he has already won his election in 2024. Sherman later characterized the president’s takeaway as “incredibly revealing” in a post on X.Even so, Trump said he still believes that Republicans will keep control of the House and Senate.During the interview, he also did not answer whether he would back Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) for another term as the top Senate Republican, saying it is “early” and he didn’t “want to get into” it.“I get along with him,” Trump said, before pointing to the stalled SAVE America Act, the GOP’s sweeping federal elections bill that has become the president’s biggest agenda item ahead of November. “It’s unfortunate he doesn’t have the votes.” The president pointed to his repeated calls to terminate the Senate filibuster, the 60-vote threshold to pass most legislation, as a way to push forward the legislation, which has no Democratic support.Thune, however, has continued to insist that he does not have the votes in the upper chamber to do it.That hasn’t stopped Trump and the White House from criticizing the GOP leader.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters last month that Trump’s “patience is running out” with Thune over the Senate GOP’s delay in advancing the bill, which would require voter ID at the polls and proof of citizenship to register to vote.The day before the press briefing, during a rally in Georgia, Trump described the Senate as “a place that you send things when you want them to die.”“We can’t do this, and we’re not going to take this any longer,” Trump said. “We’re not going to take it. You know, I’m trying to be nice.”The president, at one point, encouraged the audience to call Thune and “tell him to get this stuff approved.”Rachel Cohen is a trending national politics writer for NJ.com.