But as he and his team gear up for re-election, they’re claiming an unfamiliar position: front-runner. Trump’s 2016 Electoral College landslide was won on a razor’s edge — about 77,000 votes across the upper Midwest. Trump’s team has taken to cheering every call to impeach the president, believing such talk only further motivates Trump’s supporters and turns-off moderates from the Democratic Party. The confidence is not just confined to the president’s team. “There are a lot of advantages where the Trump team is campaign-wise compared to four years ago,” said Trump’s 2016 campaign’s senior adviser for communications Jason Miller.

Source: National Post May 08, 2019 16:23 UTC