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Susie Wiles, Chief of Staff at the White House, announced that President Donald Trump plans to hit the campaign trail for the 2026 midterm elections with the same vigor as his 2024 campaign.
In a conversation on The Mom View, Wiles discussed the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States, the 2026 Winter Olympics, and the FIFA World Cup. She emphasized a shift in strategy, noting that the Trump administration intends to revolutionize the traditional approach to midterm elections, which often focuses on local issues.
“This is an incredible moment for him to be leading the country,” Wiles remarked. “His patriotism is unwavering and he absolutely cherishes this role. While he’ll enjoy the coming year, we also plan to keep him actively campaigning. Typically, midterms are all about local politics—if I may speak in campaign terms for a moment.”
Wiles further clarified that traditionally, midterm elections aren’t centered on the sitting president, but rather emphasize local issues, steering clear of federal involvement.
“We intend to flip that strategy on its head,” Wiles explained. “We aim to have him actively involved because many infrequent voters are, in fact, Trump supporters. We observed the impact of his absence just last Tuesday. So, although I haven’t fully informed him yet, he’s gearing up to campaign as if it were 2024 once more.”
Wiles’s comment comes a week after Rep. Matt Van Epps (R-TN) won a special election for Tennessee’s 7th congressional district.
While Van Epps’s win helped Republicans keep control of a “reliably conservative U.S. House district,” the election “contributed to a gloomy outlook for the party going into the 2026 midterms,” according to the Associated Press (AP).
Jason Roe, a Republican strategist, stated that there were “danger signs” and noted that Republicans “shouldn’t have had to spend that kind of money to hold that kind of seat,” according to the outlet.
“For all these people he helps — he doesn’t help everybody, but for those he does, he’s a difference-maker, and he certainly is a turnout machine, so the midterms will be very important to us,” Wiles added.
