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David Smith in Washington

Will Trump’s ‘reckless’ endorsements be a referendum on his political power?

Donald Trump at a rally on 2 April in Michigan, where he voiced his support for several Michigan Republican candidates.
Donald Trump at a rally on 2 April in Michigan, where he voiced his support for several Michigan Republican candidates. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images

He has long held that the true measure of a man is his TV ratings. So perhaps it came as no surprise when Donald Trump endorsed a celebrity doctor for a US Senate seat in Pennsylvania.

“They liked him for a long time,” Trump said of Mehmet Oz at a rally in Pennsylvania last week. “That’s like a poll. You know, when you’re in television for 18 years, that’s like a poll. That means people like you.”

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