{"id":28961,"date":"2026-01-04T17:59:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T17:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=28961"},"modified":"2026-01-04T17:59:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T17:59:03","slug":"trump-to-hit-campaign-trail-for-gop-lawmakers-ahead-of-midterms-wiles-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=28961","title":{"rendered":"Trump To Hit Campaign Trail For GOP Lawmakers Ahead Of Midterms: Wiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container fullwidth-featured-area-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240008948-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240008948-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240008948-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240008948-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240008948-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240008948-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2240008948-1-390x220.jpg 390w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" data-main-img=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"single-caption-text\">\u00a0Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content container\">\n<div id=\"main-content-row\" class=\"tie-row main-content-row\">\n<div class=\"main-content tie-col-md-8 tie-col-xs-12\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"the-post\" class=\"container-wrapper post-content tie-standard\">\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>This article may contain commentary<br \/>\nwhich reflects the author&#8217;s opinion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ns-buttons ns-inline large ns-no-print\">\n<div class=\"ns-buttons-wrapper ns-align-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Donald Trump\u2019s chief of staff revealed on Friday plans for the president to hit the campaign trail for Republicans ahead of the November midterm elections as a way to motivate Republican voters and get them to the polls so the GOP can keep control of the House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>In a podcast interview, Susie Wiles said the plan goes against the usual grain of keeping the focus on local candidates and not on the administration. But she also said she believes having Trump much more visible than normal in key races will spur voter turnout and reverse the trend of seeing the party in power in the White House lose congressional seats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTypically, in the midterms, it\u2019s not about who\u2019s sitting at the White House. You localize the election, and you keep the federal officials out of it,\u201d Wiles said in an appearance on \u201cThe Mom View\u201d podcast. \u201cWe\u2019re actually going to turn that on its head and put him on the ballot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause so many of those low propensity voters are Trump voters,\u201d she added, noting that some results in 2025 show \u201cwhat happens when he\u2019s not on the ballot and not active.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div id=\"e1c09a52-67a1-44a3-a58e-fc2bf67380c6\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s going to campaign like it\u2019s 2024 again\u2026He\u2019s a difference maker, and he\u2019s certainly a turnout machine,\u201d she noted further, quipping that she hadn\u2019t actually told the president yet he\u2019d be campaigning more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1998216316595884477&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Ftrump-plans-4-97722%2F&amp;sessionId=ae70cbfa3297e581e72975b4fdff69c68038569c&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1998216316595884477\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wiles\u2019 plans for Trump to hit the campaign trail come after the chief of staff raised eyebrows in an interview with Vanity Fair, during which she said that Trump has an \u201calcoholic\u2019s personality\u201d \u2013 an assessment\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/12\/16\/trump-susie-wiles-vanity-fair-alcoholics-personality\/87797812007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he later agreed with<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<div id=\"as6078\" data-title=\"You Might Also Like\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cShe meant that I\u2019m \u2014 you see, I don\u2019t drink alcohol,\u201d Trump told the New York Post. \u201cSo everybody knows that \u2014 but I\u2019ve often said that if I did, I\u2019d have a very good chance of being an alcoholic. I have said that many times about myself, I do. It\u2019s a very possessive personality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve said that many times about myself,\u201d the president added. \u201cI\u2019m fortunate I\u2019m not a drinker. If I did, I could very well, because I\u2019ve said that \u2014 what\u2019s the word? Not possessive \u2014 possessive and addictive type personality. Oh, I\u2019ve said it many times, many times before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wiles\u2019 father, former NFL announcer Pat Summerall, struggled with alcoholism but had been sober for 21 years before his death in 2013, according to the Vanity Fair article.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Wiles told Vanity Fair reporter Chris Whipple that alcoholism can intensify personality traits. \u201cHigh-functioning alcoholics or alcoholics in general, their personalities are exaggerated when they drink,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, whose brother Fred Trump Jr. struggled with alcoholism, famously does not drink alcohol. Wiles told Vanity Fair that Trump nonetheless displayed what she described as \u201can alcoholic\u2019s personality,\u201d which she characterized as operating with a belief that \u201cthere\u2019s nothing he can\u2019t do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In June, federal officials\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/trump-wiles-impersonator-92005\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launched an investigation<\/a>\u00a0after Wiles\u2019 phone appeared to have been hacked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\">\n<div data-delay=\"4000\" data-block=\"12\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey breached the phone; they tried to impersonate her,\u201d President Trump told reporters. \u201cNobody can impersonate her. There\u2019s only one Susie.\u201d Trump added that she\u2019s an \u201camazing woman\u201d who \u201ccan handle\u201d the situation.<\/p>\n<p>A White House official confirmed the investigation, following a report by the Wall Street Journal that business leaders and politicians\u2014including governors, senators, and members of Congress\u2014began receiving texts and calls from someone who had apparently hacked into Wiles\u2019 personal phone, gaining access to her contact list.<\/p>\n<p>The official clarified that it was Wiles\u2019 personal phone, not her government-issued device, that was compromised.<\/p>\n<p>One of the messages reportedly included a list of individuals the impersonator claimed should be pardoned, while another contained a request for a cash transfer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"read-more-btn\">Read More<\/button><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Getty Images This article may contain commentary which reflects the author&#8217;s opinion. 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