Why Trump Wins Even If Republicans Lose the Midterms: Columnist

The fix is in: Why Trump isn’t worried about the midterms

Donald Trump keeps saying he’s not worried about the midterms. He says it the way a card player says he’s not worried—when he’s already seen the other guy’s hand. Asked about his flailing Iran war ceasefire negotiations and whether they affect voters’ opinion of him and the Republican Party on May 27, the president responded: “They thought they were going to outwait me, you know, ‘we’ll outwait him, he’s got the midterms.’ I don’t care about the…

Why Trump wins even if Republicans lose: GOP advisor

President Donald Trump said point-blank last week that he does not care about the midterms. His slate of endorsements, his campaign to purge Republicans he deems disloyal regardless of the fallout, and his stalled, near-invisible legislative agenda suggest he may not be bluffing.For Trump, “there might be political upside regardless of who wins,” argues Bloomberg columnist Abby McCloskey. After all, McCloskey notes, Trump endorsed Texas Republic…

Why Trump Wins Even If Republicans Lose the Midterms: Columnist

President Donald Trump said point-blank last week that he does not care about the midterms. His slate of endorsements, his campaign to purge Republicans he deems disloyal regardless of the fallout, and his stalled, near-invisible legislative agenda suggest he may not be bluffing. For Trump, “there might be political upside regardless of who wins,” argues Bloomberg columnist Abby McCloskey. After all, McCloskey notes, Trump endorsed Texas Republi…