US President Donald Trump talks to the media before boarding Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 5, 2026. Trump is travelling to Nebraska to speak at a campaign rally. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 5, 2026. Trump is travelling to Nebraska to speak at a campaign rally. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and US President Donald Trump speak during a roundtable to "save college sports" in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2026. A month before the US midterms, Democrats are eyeing control of Congress -- and the power to put Donald Trump on the defensive for the rest of his term, investigating his administration and stalling his agenda. The November 3, 2026, vote is shaping up as a verdict on one of the most turbulent presidencies in US history -- and by several measures, Trump goes into it less popular than any predecessor facing a midterm in modern polling. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) US President Donald Trump holds a chart as he delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025. A month before the US midterms, Democrats are eyeing control of Congress -- and the power to put Donald Trump on the defensive for the rest of his term, investigating his administration and stalling his agenda. The November 3, 2026, vote is shaping up as a verdict on one of the most turbulent presidencies in US history -- and by several measures, Trump goes into it less popular than any predecessor facing a midterm in modern polling. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) A woman raises a fist and holds a sign reading "vote" during a "Defend the Vote" rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on August 28, 2026, coinciding with the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 "March on Washington" rally for civil rights. A month before the US midterms, Democrats are eyeing control of Congress -- and the power to put Donald Trump on the defensive for the rest of his term, investigating his administration and stalling his agenda. The November 3, 2026, vote is shaping up as a verdict on one of the most turbulent presidencies in US history -- and by several measures, Trump goes into it less popular than any predecessor facing a midterm in modern polling. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) US President Donald Trump looks on before signing an executive order calling for more research and flexibility on vaccines, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 10, 2026. A month before the US midterms, Democrats are eyeing control of Congress -- and the power to put Donald Trump on the defensive for the rest of his term, investigating his administration and stalling his agenda. The November 3, 2026, vote is shaping up as a verdict on one of the most turbulent presidencies in US history -- and by several measures, Trump goes into it less popular than any predecessor facing a midterm in modern polling. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Demonstrators deploy a giant banner reading "We the People," the first three words of the US Constitution's preamble, during the "No Kings" rally in Los Angeles on June 14, 2025, on the same day as President Trump's military parade in Washington, DC. A month before the US midterms, Democrats are eyeing control of Congress -- and the power to put Donald Trump on the defensive for the rest of his term, investigating his administration and stalling his agenda. The November 3, 2026, vote is shaping up as a verdict on one of the most turbulent presidencies in US history -- and by several measures, Trump goes into it less popular than any predecessor facing a midterm in modern polling. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) People walks near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 2, 2026. A month before the US midterms, Democrats are eyeing control of Congress -- and the power to put Donald Trump on the defensive for the rest of his term, investigating his administration and stalling his agenda. The November 3, 2026, vote is shaping up as a verdict on one of the most turbulent presidencies in US history -- and by several measures, Trump goes into it less popular than any predecessor facing a midterm in modern polling. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP via Getty Images)