A longtime Republican insider ― and a key ally of President Donald Trump ― had a sobering reality check for his party just six months before this year’s midterm elections.

“If the election were in May, Republicans would lose,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), who orchestrated the GOP takeover of the House during the 1994 midterms, told The New York Times.

He said the party needs to “get reality a little better,” and that its communications need to get “a hell of a lot better.”

“The war, the sense of affordability and gasoline — some of that has to be cleared up in order to win,” Gingrich told the newspaper. “If it doesn’t change, I’ll start tearing my hair out.”

Trump campaigned in 2024 on reducing the cost of living and against “endless” wars.

Instead, prices continue to rise ― gas today is more than $1 a gallon higher than it was one year ago ― and Trump used the military in Venezuela, launched a war with Iran, and has repeatedly threatened Cuba.

Trump’s popularity has plunged as a result, with his approval rating in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll reaching a new low of just 34%.

That, in turn, has caused Republican hopes of retaining their narrow majority in the House to fade, and a growing number of analysts believe the Senate may also be in play.