WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is telling vulnerable Republican candidates to run proudly on the administration’s record as the final stretch of the midterm campaign begins.
Speaking Wednesday at a Rose Garden dinner for GOP lawmakers, the president said Republicans have a strong, substantive message to bring directly to voters: renewed investment in the United States, action to lower prescription-drug costs, and a far more secure southern border.
“All you have to do is talk about it, and you’re going to win and you’re going to win big,” Trump told the gathering, held just days before Republicans convene for a major midterm convention in Dallas.
The president acknowledged the political headwinds that have traditionally confronted the party holding the White House. Midterm elections have often been difficult for presidents of both parties, even when their administrations have delivered major achievements. But Trump argued that the normal political pattern does not have to dictate the outcome this year.
“Whether you’re a good president or a great president, you lose the midterms,” Trump said. “We’re going to turn that around because there’s no reason for it.”
Trump pledged an unusually aggressive final-month campaign schedule, saying he plans to visit the approximately 35 House and Senate races expected to decide which party controls Congress. The president pointed to the same high-energy, direct-to-voter approach that helped power his own return to the White House two years ago.
“I’m going to go to every one of those 35 places, and we’re going to see if we can get everyone elected,” he said.
For Republicans, the strategy is straightforward: keep the focus on concrete kitchen-table issues rather than Washington political noise. Trump highlighted economic investment, lower drug prices, and reduced illegal border crossings-issues Republicans believe demonstrate the difference a GOP-controlled White House and Congress can make.
The president also spotlighted critical Senate contests, including Alaska, where Republican Senator Dan Sullivan faces former Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola, and Texas, where Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton is running against Democratic state Representative James Talarico.
Trump offered a characteristically blunt endorsement of Paxton, acknowledging that the Texas candidate’s style may not appeal to everyone while stressing his conservative legal record.
“You might not love his look. You might not love his television interviews,” Trump said. “But he was the best attorney general in the country, perhaps. He was one of the best in the entire country.”
That message reflects Trump’s broader argument to Republican voters: candidates should be judged by results, not media presentation.
The Rose Garden event, billed as an end-of-summer barbecue, was more than a social gathering. It was an early signal that the president intends to personally lead the party’s closing argument in the races that matter most.
For Republicans, the coming weeks offer an opportunity to make the midterms a referendum on whether voters want to preserve policies they believe have strengthened the economy, protected the border, and put American interests first.
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