Ex-DHS Official Breaks Down What Trump ‘Fears Most’ About Dems’ Key Election Wins

A former Homeland Security official who notably wrote an “anonymous” op-ed against Donald Trump’s first term explained what’s making the president and his advisers “worried” after Democrats swept several key races on election night.

Miles Taylor — one of Trump’s perceived foes who has become a target amid the president’s second-term revenge tour — argued on his Substack page that Trump is “surely fretting” about the party’s wins in the New York City mayoral race as well as the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races.

“Democrats learned, again, how to win by tacking to the center and speaking to the majority of Americans who just want a functioning country,” Taylor wrote.

“Trump should be shaking in his wrinkled pants, because the thing he fears most is the thing these results signal. His dictator antics are showing him for what he really is. A loser.”

Earlier in Taylor’s post, he pointed to Trump’s message on his Truth Social platform, which tied the GOP’s losses to his absence from the ballot and the ongoing government shutdown.

“The latter claim was a shocking admission because he didn’t even bother to blame the Democrats for the government closure,” Taylor noted.

He added that a “bigger reason” for Trump and his advisers’ worries is “how the Democrats won” on Tuesday.

He argued that Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D) and New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D) won because they “claimed the political center” at a time when voters are “nervous about the chaos” coming from the White House.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) “revealed a paradox,” according to Taylor, with a “far from a resounding win” margin-wise compared to his predecessors’ victories in the recent general elections.

“Taken together, the night’s results did not signal some progressive wave. It was a moderate wave,” Taylor wrote.

“The victories signaled that the Democratic Party is largely re-centering itself around stability and governance, not ideological performance. And that rightfully has the White House feeling anxious.”