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What Year Is It? Trump’s Midterm Rallies Are Mostly About His 2020 Re-Election Bid

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 23, 2018 at 10:15pm

By John T. Bennett and D.A. Banks

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President Donald Trump has a full slate of rallies ahead of the midterm elections, aiming at helping Republicans hold off Democratic gains. But White House correspondent John T. Bennett says Trump is already looking ahead to the next presidential race and that it seems the president may have reconciled that he’ll be battling a House controlled by Democrats.

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