President Donald Trump says the Republican Party is on such a roll that it deserves a national celebration — not in 2028 or even 2027, but ahead of the 2026 midterms. In a Truth Social post, Trump pointed to a wave of new GOP registrants, strong approval for his crime crackdown and economic agenda, and a towering fundraising edge over Democrats as proof that the base is energized and the map is widening. “The Republican Party is doing really well. Millions of people have joined us in our quest to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN,” he wrote, adding that the movement is “poised to WIN BIG IN THE MIDTERMS.”

The numbers tell the story. Republicans are outpacing Democrats in cash-on-hand by a staggering margin — the RNC reported nearly $81 million banked in June versus just $15.2 million for the DNC. That gap matters: cash translates to organizers, airtime, legal muscle, and turnout ops in the places that decide control of Congress. Buoyed by those figures, Trump teased a bold idea: “In that light, I am thinking of recommending a National Convention to the Republican Party, just prior to the Midterms. It has never been done before.”

If it sounds unprecedented, that’s because it is. Conventions are typically coronations for presidential nominees during general-election summers. But Trump’s pitch flips the script: use a high-octane, prime-time stage to run through the scoreboard of accomplishments — blue-collar wage gains, cheaper energy, a D.C. crime plunge under federal surge operations, aggressive deportations and law-and-order moves — and then hand the mic to House and Senate contenders from every battleground. Think: a two-night rally-meets-telethon for the 2026 majority.

Trump’s timing is strategic for another reason: Democrats are openly weighing a similar gambit. Axios reported that the DNC is considering resurrecting the midterm convention model it mothballed in the mid-1980s. A spokesperson admitted they want a “large-scale gathering before the midterms” to showcase their slate and try to juice enthusiasm. Translation: they see the same warning lights everyone else sees — registration losses, money woes, and a brand that’s faded with working-class voters. If Democrats are hunting for a rebrand, Trump’s daring them to do it head-to-head — and beat him at his own show.

The electoral stakes couldn’t be higher. The 2026 cycle will decide whether the president can accelerate his agenda or spend two years stonewalled by a Democratic chamber. Expect the map fight to be fierce long before the first votes are cast. In Texas, Republicans are advancing a mid-decade redistricting push that could net multiple new seats; Democrats in states like California and New York have threatened to counter with their own aggressive re-draws. A national convention staged weeks before early voting begins would double as a broadcast megaphone — a chance to spotlight the contrast on border security, crime, energy, schools, and the economy while training the camera on competitive districts.

Critics will sneer that a “midterm convention” is overkill or pure PR. But politics is persuasion, and the first rule of persuasion is attention. A televised blowout that condenses the party’s policy case, stacks wins into a single narrative, and marries it to field operations and fundraising could be precisely the force multiplier Republicans want heading into October. The format also lets the White House tie local fights to national themes: border chaos vs. deportations, soft-on-crime prosecutors vs. falling carjackings in D.C., California’s recall-worthy dysfunction vs. red-state order, and a growing paycheck vs. the inflationary spiral Americans just lived through.

It’s not lost on Team Trump that the movement is expanding well beyond its 2016 footprint. New GOP registrants in swing states, a widening small-dollar donor army, and a cultural shift away from the left’s academic obsessions toward kitchen-table issues have remade the map. A midterm convention would be the mission statement: this is what we promised, this is what we delivered, and here are the candidates who will carry it further.

Trump’s challenge to the party is simple — act like you’re winning. “We won every aspect of the Presidential Election,” he wrote, “and, based on the great success we are having, are poised to WIN BIG IN THE MIDTERMS.” If the GOP takes his advice, 2026 might be the year the pregame becomes the game-changer.