The Guardian view on the Republicans’ midterms struggle: Trump has circuses, but voters also want bread | Editorial
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- The Guardian US reports: “As prices keep rising, more of the president’s supporters are asking what happened to the economic good times he promised It is no great revelation that Donald Trump is enriching himself as preside…”
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