CNN national political correspondent Maeve Reston said she's hearing from Republican operatives and donors worried that President Trump and his top advisers don't realize how bad November's election could be for them. Trump may turn to foreign policyWith the President under siege at home, he may soon borrow a familiar White House tactic: a focus on foreign affairs. "Presidents often, when they get in trouble at home, go abroad and they find that's a way to escape their troubles," said New York Times White House reporter Michael Shear. "The President is saying Democrats want to kill Social Security and Medicare, while the Republicans are not going to do anything to it," Bloomberg White House correspondent Toluse Olorunnipa said. Not great developments for Republicans trying to protect the GOP House majority, to say the least.

Source: CNN September 09, 2018 16:41 UTC