Trump’s midterms: Two steps forward, one step back
TRUMP’S MIDTERMS: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK. With midterm elections just a few months away, a 36-hour period on Tuesday and Wednesday gave the political world a good picture of President Donald Trump‘s approach to campaigning for Republicans with the House and Senate at stake and the clock running down. Call it two steps forward and one step back.The first step forward was the president’s speech at a Mack Trucks plant in Macungie, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley.
- ▪TRUMP’S MIDTERMS: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK.
- ▪With midterm elections just a few months away, a 36-hour period on Tuesday and Wednesday gave the political world a good picture of President Donald Trump‘s approach to campaigning for Republicans with the House and Senate at stake and the
- ▪Call it two steps forward and one step back.The first step forward was the president’s speech at a Mack Trucks plant in Macungie, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley.
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- ▪ Trump's "communist" midterm message — Axios
- ▪ Trump's Midterms: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back — RealClearPolitics - Homepage
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TRUMP’S MIDTERMS: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK. With midterm elections just a few months away, a 36-hour period on Tuesday and Wednesday gave the political world a good picture of President Donald Trump‘s approach to campaigning for Republicans with the House and Senate at stake and the clock running down. Call it two steps forward and one step back.The first step forward was the president’s speech at a Mack Trucks plant in Macungie, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley. The rally was part of Trump’s on-and-off effort to highlight his administration’s economic policies in the run-up to November.
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