Trump vows heavy campaign push for GOP, cites ‘midterm curse’ for sitting presidents
He's not on the ballot this year, but President Donald Trump promises he'll be on the campaign trail "a lot" on behalf of fellow Republicans running in the midterm elections."I’m...
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He's not on the ballot this year, but President Donald Trump promises he'll be on the campaign trail "a lot" on behalf of fellow Republicans running in the midterm elections. "I’m gonna do a lot of campaign traveling," Trump told reporters Thursday aboard Air Force One, as he pointed to his effort this year to help the GOP defend their narrow Senate control and razor-thin House majority. "We’re going to work hard." But Trump appeared to downplay the GOP's ballot box expectations as he acknowledged that the party in power, in this case the Republicans, normally faces stiff political headwinds in the midterms . "For whatever reason, it’s a deep-down psychological reason, sitting presidents … don’t seem to do well in the midterms," the president noted. SCOOP: GOP TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARD HOLDING HISTORIC MIDTERM CONVENTION Trump made stops last month and earlier this month in the key battleground states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Michigan to highlight his accomplishments during his first year back in the White House and to tout his efforts to combat rising prices, a key issue with voters. And next week the president travels to Iowa, where Republicans aim to defend open Senate and gubernatorial seats in November's elections. RNC CHAIR BETS ON ‘SECRET WEAPON’ TO DEFY MIDTERM HISTORY, PROTECT GOP MAJORITIES Sources in the president's political orbit confirmed to Fox News Digital last month that Trump would be making regular stops on the campaign trail this year. And earlier this week, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, who served as co-campaign manager of Trump's 2024 presidential bid, signaled that Trump would be making weekly stops. That's a big change from Trump's first term, when the president didn't start his campaign travel blitz until Labor Day. Republicans lost control of the House in the 2018 midterms, something Trump is aiming to avoid in his second term. Part of Trump's strategy includes holding a first-ever Republican midterm convention this year…