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Trump aides brace for fallout as midterm election anxiety mounts

Headline from WISH-TV Indianapolis

(CNN) — President Donald Trump still has two weeks to salvage his Republican congressional majorities and defy expectations of a midterm wipeout. But all around him, aides and allies are bracing for what happens if he fails.

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  1. Local News 8

    Fears of a post-midterms Trump rampage spur ‘brutal’ internal jockeying (opens Local News 8)

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    By Adam Cancryn, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump still has two weeks to salvage his Republican congressional majorities and defy expectations of a midterm wipeout. But all around him, aides and allies are bracing for what happens if he fails.

  2. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Trump aides brace for fallout as midterm election anxiety mounts (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    (CNN) — President Donald Trump still has two weeks to salvage his Republican congressional majorities and defy expectations of a midterm wipeout. But all around him, aides and allies are bracing for what happens if he fails.

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