President Donald Trump has displayed a lot of obsessions, from comparing himself to his predecessors and renaming the Kennedy Center after himself to renovating the White House in accordance with his personal tastes. Now a new report reveals that the Republican leader has another fixation — namely, insisting that he is working harder than everyone around him.

“The president also frequently complains about how hard he is working, privately and publicly,” reported The New York Times’ White House correspondent Katie Rogers on Wednesday.In a larger article about Republicans’ frustrations and fears approaching the 2026 midterm elections, Rogers focused on how Trump personally believes he can singlehandedly retain control of Congress for his party because of his supposed ability to inspire the base to turn out during elections. As part of this mindset, however, Trump says that he has to campaign vigorously and everywhere, and then complains that his fellow Republicans are not doing their part.

““I’m working my a– off,” Mr. Trump said in Tennessee earlier this month,” Rogers reported. ““You better get out there and vote.””

Rogers added, “A person close to the White House political operation who was granted anonymity to describe the strategy said that Mr. Trump’s advisers were aware of the concerns that his presence in critical states could hurt G.O.P. candidates. But they have largely discounted them, believing, as Mr. Trump does, that he should be the centerpiece of this election cycle, the person added. Multiple advisers say the strategy is simple: Focus on red states and juice turnout.”

Rogers continued, ““The president does have a way of defying history,” Karoline Leavitt, his former press secretary, said during an appearance on the Bill Maher Show last weekend. “He’s working really hard out on the road to turn Republicans out to vote.””

Rogers continued, “While speaking to allies in recent days, Mr. Trump has talked up the sizes of the crowds at his rallies, and has noted that Vice President JD Vance, the presumptive Republican front-runner in 2028, has not drawn large numbers to events that he is headlining. Mr. Vance’s office did not respond to a request for comment, but the White House came to the vice president’s defense.”

Trump’s press team responded to Rogers regarding reports on Trump touting his own supposed work ethic.

“Donald Trump is the hardest working person in the country, followed by JD Vance,” the White House told Rogers. “Both men are raising money, crisscrossing the country and making sure that candidates are successful these midterms.”

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A new fundraising email to his MAGA faithful has exposed President Donald Trump, according to a new breakdown from The i Paper, revealing how much he is “panicking” about their support.

Writing for the outlet on Sunday, veteran D.C. correspondent Simon Marks argued that Trump “knows he is in trouble” as the midterms creep closer, citing “one of his final fundraising pitches to supporters,” which featured “a picture of the MAGA leader boarding a train and waving goodbye from a railway station’s platform.”

“In just 1 week, we might have to say goodbye to each other forever,” the email pleaded. “Do not make me say goodbye… [On] day 1, Democrats will file the Articles of Impeachment against me for the THIRD TIME. But this time they will have the votes – the votes to lock me out of the White House and throw away the key.”

As Marks argued further, however, “nothing in that fundraising plea is true,” noting, first and foremost, that Democrats largely remain “skittish” about the prospect of going after Trump with another impeachment effort, due to the two-thirds vote that would be needed in the Senate to actually remove him from office.

“Not even the most optimistic of Democratic strategists believes that the party will come close to that kind of landslide electoral outcome on 3 November – election day,” Marks explained.

He added later: “There is no evidence that Trump writes any of these emails himself. But they reflect a last-ditch Republican effort to get out the vote in the midterms by intimating that his presidency might end if Trump’s loyal grassroots supporters sit on their hands and stay home. It also comes after recent campaign appearances by the President for Republican candidates in traditionally red states including Texas, Kansas and Ohio, an acknowledgement of serious fears that they could be ousted even in these Republican strongholds.”

Another similar email recently warned Trump supporters that a Democratic Congress would “reverse everything I’ve done to Make America Great Again over the past two years,” another dubious claim that falls apart in the face of reality.

“In reality, the Democrats would be constrained in power, even if they win majorities in both houses of Congress,” Marks added. “Trump, as President, will retain veto powers over any legislation they send to his desk, and it is highly unlikely that enough Republicans in the House and Senate would turn against him to provide the two-thirds majority needed in both chambers to override their use.”

He concluded later: “The President himself is already offering a preview of what his presidency might look like after the votes are counted next month. His threat to launch intensive fresh air strikes on Iran could be the first chapter of his post-midterm presidency, and an indicator of his determination more broadly to go for broke. Unless, of course, his fundraising email is trying to tell us all something, and he really does have a train ticket to convey him out of Washington in his breast pocket.”

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The midterm elections are just two weeks away in the United States and Donald Trump is stumping for candidates in states that he won by double digits in 2024. Polls showing support for the Republican Party is slipping drastically, even in some deep red states. Story by Monte Francis.
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