‘It's the President's Fault’: The White House Blame Game Starts Early Ahead of the Midterms

Trump White House aides have started to cast about for a scapegoat to offer the president in the event of bad midterm election losses, as Republicans stare down brutal predictions in key House and Senate races, sources familiar with the matter say.

Republican political operatives say privately that the real blame lies with Trump for starting the Iran war in an election year, causing higher prices across the board and prompting a nationwide voter backlash, the sources say.

“Clearly it's the president's fault,” one operative tells Inner Loop.

But Trump aides also know, for obvious reasons, they cannot say publicly or tell the president behind closed doors that his own policy decisions are at fault as they contemplate losing not just the House majority, but possibly the Senate.

The result has been an unusually early effort to find a scapegoat, and sources say eyes have fallen on...

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