RCP Asks if Trump wants to win mid-terms.

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Even though Donald Trump professes confidence that the nation loves him and his policies, he isn’t putting his money where his mouth is – and that has Republicans running scared, especially if they are running for office.

With midterms just 57 days away, Trump is almost 17 points underwater in the RealClearPolitics Average; Republican Senate candidates are at risk of losing what should be safe seats in Texas, Iowa, and Ohio; and MAGA Inc. – the Trump-supporting super PAC – is sitting on over $400 million that could make all the difference.

In the meantime, Vice President JD Vance’s campaign stop in Michigan to support Mike Rogers in his uphill battle against socialist Abdul El-Sayed was notable mainly because it was one of the few such events attended by either Vance or Trump.

It’s enough to make you ask a simple question: Does President Trump really want Republicans to win the midterms and keep control of the House and Senate?...

Back in April, Axios reported that Trump’s operation planned to start unloading its enormous war chest around Memorial Day. That apparently didn’t happen on anything like the promised scale. Now it’s Labor Day, and it still hasn’t happened.

Yes, Labor Day is traditionally the start of campaign season, so Trump can claim he’s doing everything he needs to do, but there is another tradition to keep in mind: Presidents generally see their party get clobbered in the midterms, losing anywhere from 10 to 60 seats.

So it’s time to consider the very real possibility that President Trump doesn’t think it is in his best interest to preserve the narrow Republican majority in the House, and the slightly wider majority in the Senate....

So there may be a disconnect between what Trump wants and what is good for Republicans overall.

Last week, Trump told Republican lawmakers that they should have no fear – he is coming to the rescue. In particular, he said he would campaign in the last month before the Nov. 3 election for all 35 candidates in what he considered crucial races.

But his advice to those candidates continued to raise questions about Trump’s intentions. He is still urging Republicans to run on their record, on his record, and that has to be scary. After all, Democrats are running on Trump’s record too – reminding voters just how little they like it.

So if Trump wants us to believe him when he says to vote Republican, he needs to do what I said at the start of this column. Put his money where his mouth is.

Mr. President, please don’t preserve your $400 million war chest to fund your presidential library. Spend it now. Spend it hard. Spend it wisely. Protect your Republican majority, and dear Lord, save us from yet another impeachment.

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