GOP midterm strategy embraces Trump's 'communism' fixation

Painting Democrats as communists would not have been their first choice. But current and former White House aides welcome the midterm election strategy that President Donald Trump has concocted — especially as administration officials have struggled to defend Trump's economic policies in his second term.

"Where things are at right now, Trump's record doesn't really get the base too excited," a former aide to the president told MS NOW, acknowledging that "if you look at what voters care about right now, Trump doesn't have a lot to boast of."...