Republican strategist Maura Gillespie warned on Friday that Donald Trump's visible physical and cognitive decline, combined with his fixation on branding his name across Washington, is becoming a serious political liability for Republicans as they head towards the midterm elections in the United States. Gillespie said party operatives are increasingly anxious about how to defend a president who appears more focused on his personal legacy than on the economic pressures facing voters.
The Republican Party over Trump's leadership style, his historically low approval ratings and his habit of stamping his name and image on government projects and public spaces. Trump, now 80 in the scenario outlined by Gillespie, has long cultivated a public persona built on power, dominance and personal branding. That approach, which once helped propel him into office, is now seen by some on the right as a vulnerability rather than an asset.
