Trump can’t resist roasting his affordability pitch with $5,000 burger joke

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Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Sometimes Donald Trump just can’t get out of his own way, particularly if there is a chance to get a laugh out of a rally crowd, which is what happened in Texas last night. Plus, we look at the MAGA Right’s read on the Brazilian election, and why Mike Waltz is taking no nonsense.

If the midterm elections are shaping up to be the affordability election, then Donald Trump had an ace up his sleeve: a Trump dividend of $5,000 for voters if Republicans hold both houses of Congress.

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