Donald Trump may not appear on the ballot in the 2026 midterms, but he is clearly on voters’ minds. In conversations with NBC News’ Jonathan Allen across part of the U.S., Americans across the political spectrum delivered a striking mix of praise, outrage, pleas for accountability — and, in one case, an offer to finally fix the president’s hair.
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Allen traveled from New Jersey to Nebraska, speaking to both Democrats and Republicans alike about the one person not on the 2026 midterm ballot: President Donald Trump.
Asking voters “what would you say to Donald Trump,” Allen captured everything from the angry to the bizarre as he asked voters about their frustrations.
Barber Stephen Anderson in Toledo, Ohio, told Allen he would do anything to get a shot at “fixing” the president’s hair.
“I think the president’s got a great head of hair,” Anderson began. “I don’t think he’s got a good barber stylist. I would love to cut the president’s hair and say, you know what, Donald, Mr. Trump, President Trump, please sit down. Let me fix this.”
Jordan Cloe in Bondurant, Iowa, was “try[ing] to take a high road,” saying that Trump lacks accountability.
Janet Zynroz, from Roxbury Township, New Jersey, begged the president to “do what’s best for the United States of America before anyone else in the world.”
One man in Ohio said he’d tell the president to resign. “You’re destroying the country,” said Richard Beeby.
Allen explained that while Trump’s approval rating is at its lowest level ever, he still has quite the collection of loyalists. A few sang his praises, telling him to “keep doing what you’re doing.”
Democrats were the opposite.
“Get off your high horse and look at people as people and don’t just look at what’s best for you and how you can get better, and how you can become bigger,” Carole Davila from Nazareth, Pennsylvania, told Allen.
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“I truly believe that President Trump is completely unhinged and disqualified from serving as president,” said Iowa State Rep Ken Croken (D), telling Allen in Davenport. “So, there’s not a great deal I have to say to him other than it would be time to resign.”
Tamara Clark, in Toledo, Ohio, wouldn’t say a thing to him, saying, “I wouldn’t grace him with my presence.”
Allen noted that regardless of which state they were in, people wanted to talk about the war and its costs.
Brent Linsted of Ottumwa, Iowa, told the president to “end the war peacefully.”
Rich Ehrhardt of Nazareth, Pennsylvania, similarly said he would tell Trump, “Do what you said you were gonna do. No forever wars. And tell us what you are doing to get us out. Don’t make things up that we want to hear.”
Two-time Trump voter Scott Shifflett, in Webster, Iowa, told Allen, “It’s time to wrap up the war and start getting our gas prices back down and maybe get the economy a little better.”
Amilcar Arroyo in Pennsylvania said he just paid almost $5 per gallon for gasoline.
He wants Trump to think more about “the regular people. Don’t think only of people with lots of money.”
Sally Guest of Omaha, Ohio, is most furious about Congress refusing to renew subsidies for healthcare. Speaking to Allen, she said it “ruined the lives of millions of people.”
Dorothy Liljequist of Davenport, Iowa, also wants to see Trump to understand more about what people are living like under his policies. “Go live with a senior citizen. Living on $1500 a month in Social Security. See how we have to live.”
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