WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has made clear in recent weeks that he’s willing to use the vast powers of his office to prevent his party from losing control of Congress in next year’s midterm elections.
Some of the steps Trump has taken to intervene in the election are typical, but controversial, political maneuvers taken to his trademark extremes.
That includes pushing Republican lawmakers in Texas and other conservative-controlled states to redraw their legislative maps to expand the number of US House seats favourable to the GOP.