Trump spent the weekend in Georgia and Michigan, stumping for candidates who are trailing by double digits. His approval rating is 31 percent. Democrats lead the generic ballot by twelve points. The plan to fix this is more rallies.
Speaker Johnson called the president this week asking for more campaign money. He didn’t ask for a new strategy or a policy adjustment. Just a check. The Republican playbook for saving the House in 2026 is to put the least popular president in modern history on a stage in Perry, Georgia, and hope volume is a substitute for polling. Forty-five percent of voters say their ballot is specifically a vote against this man. He is not the closer. He is the reason they need one.
Nine days out. The guy who built a brand on winning is barnstorming swing states at numbers that would get a network sitcom cancelled.