Donald Trump wants you to “pretend” he’s on the ballot. Republicans don’t want his baggage, but without him, they run the risk of losing support from the single-issue base that turns out the vote.
With just one month before Election Day, facing the prospect of losing control of Congress and having Democrats derail his final years in office, the president is back on the campaign trail while desperate candidates try to recapture the 2024 campaign energy that put him back in the White House.