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‘An amazing job’: Many Republicans can’t name a single thing Trump has done wrong

We asked more than two dozen Republicans on Capitol Hill if they had any disagreements with Trump during his second term. They struggled to come up with anything.

Jul. 24, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT

By Jack Fitzpatrick

It’s not that every Republican lawmaker thinks Donald Trump has had a perfect second term. But if you ask them about their disagreements with the president, they struggle to name anything. 

Even after Trump has spent the first half of his second term attacking fellow Republicans, waging a largely unsuccessful war in Iran, imposing unpopular tariffs, accepting a luxury jet from Qatar, pocketing more than a billion dollars from the crypto industry, tearing down the East Wing, trying to conceal the Epstein files, picking fights with the Pope, celebrating Robert Mueller’s death, sharing racist posts online, making thousands of stock trades, threatening war with Greenland, and making an endless stream of false or misleading claims, House and Senate Republicans say they have few — if any — complaints. 

Some even say he’s been flawless.

While a small number of Trump dissenters usually get all the attention in Washington, the reality on Capitol Hill is far different: Most Republicans are in lockstep with the president, even as Trump grows more unpopular and his behavior grows more erratic. 

When asked if Trump had done anything this term that he disagreed with, Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, said he couldn’t come up with a single thing. 

“I suggest we probably try to give him a third term,” Nehls told MS NOW — before catching himself and, in line with Trump’s false claims that he actually won the 2020 election, correcting the number. “Actually, really should be a fourth.”

On big issues, such as the war with Iran, Trump was right, and his doubters simply lack foresight, Nehls said.

“At some point in time, your children will appreciate what Donald Trump did in 2026 to make sure Iran never has a nuclear weapon,” he said.

And even on the smaller issues, Nehls said Trump had aced every test.

Threatening war with Greenland? “We need to protect Greenland.”

Feuding with the Pope? “The Pope, I think, learned his lesson.”

Of the more than two dozen Republicans MS NOW interviewed, few were as enthusiastic about Trump’s performance as Nehls. But the Texas Republican was far from alone in his unwavering support of the president. 

When MS NOW asked Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., if Trump had done anything he disagreed with this term, Issa noted he’s finally free to say how he really feels because he’s not seeking reelection in his moderate district.

“So I’m happy to say no, he hasn’t,” Issa said. “He’s been overcoming organizations like MS NOW finding something wrong with everything he does.”

Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, said any shortcomings are the fault of Congress — Democrats, in particular — and not Trump.

“He’s done an amazing job,” Moreno told MS NOW. “He’s transformed a lot of really, really important things. The more important part is what we haven’t done. His grade is a lot higher than ours.”

While there were plenty of Republicans willing to give Trump perfect marks, GOP lawmakers often found a way to answer the question in a way that praised Trump but avoided the soundbite that the president had performed impeccably.

Sometimes that meant finding a minor point of disagreement. Sometimes it meant saying they had disagreements but declining to enumerate them. And sometimes it meant asking for Trump to be even Trumpier. 

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., said the president had done virtually nothing wrong.

“As one of the most conservative members of Congress, I agree with the president 99.9% of the time, and so my only thing would be, Mr. President, let’s deport more illegals,” Ogles said.

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., initially said she couldn’t think of any disagreements with Trump, before recalling that the president vetoed her bill to fund a drinking water project in December. 

At the time, Boebert said it may have been retaliation after she and others had pushed for the release of files regarding the investigation and imprisonment of Jeffrey Epstein. But now, Boebert struck a more conciliatory tone.

Of course, not every Republican wanted to engage with the question. Reps. Mike Haridopolos, R-Fla., and Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., both told MS NOW they were running late and quickly walked away.

Asked again a few weeks later, Biggs simply refused to answer. “I’m not going to play that game,” he said. “That’s an absurd game.”

Others offered a variation of the same response.

“We’re not going to speculate on that,” Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, said. “No comment.”

Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said he’d rather “focus on the areas of agreement.”

“I’m not going to get into enumerating,” Hoeven said. “Obviously, I support his overall agenda.”