Trump To Hit Campaign Trail For GOP Lawmakers Ahead Of Midterms: Wiles

President Donald Trump is preparing to take an unusually active role in the upcoming midterm elections, with plans to hit the campaign trail for Republicans in an effort to drive turnout and help the GOP retain control of the House, according to his chief of staff.

In a recent podcast interview, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles said the strategy deliberately breaks with the traditional midterm approach, which typically downplays the sitting president and centers races on local candidates. This time, she said, the Trump team intends to do the opposite.

“Typically, in the midterms, it’s not about who’s sitting at the White House. You localize the election, and you keep the federal officials out of it,” Wiles said during an appearance on The Mom View podcast. “We’re actually going to turn that on its head and put him on the ballot.”

Wiles argued that President Trump’s presence is critical to energizing voters who otherwise might stay home.

“Because so many of those low propensity voters are Trump voters,” she added, pointing to election results in 2025 as an example of “what happens when he’s not on the ballot and not active.”

According to Wiles, the president’s campaign schedule will resemble his 2024 effort.

“He’s going to campaign like it’s 2024 again…He’s a difference maker, and he’s certainly a turnout machine,” she said, joking that she had not yet informed Trump just how much campaigning she expects him to do.

The remarks follow earlier comments from Wiles that generated media attention after an interview with Vanity Fair, in which she described Trump as having what she called an “alcoholic’s personality” — a characterization the president later acknowledged and explained.

“She meant that I’m — you see, I don’t drink alcohol,” Trump told the New York Post. “So everybody knows that — but I’ve often said that if I did, I’d have a very good chance of being an alcoholic. I have said that many times about myself, I do. It’s a very possessive personality.”

“I’ve said that many times about myself,” the president added. “I’m fortunate I’m not a drinker. If I did, I could very well, because I’ve said that — what’s the word? Not possessive — possessive and addictive type personality. Oh, I’ve said it many times, many times before.”

Wiles’ perspective is shaped in part by personal experience. Her father, legendary NFL announcer Pat Summerall, battled alcoholism but remained sober for 21 years before his death in 2013, according to Vanity Fair.

In the interview, Wiles told reporter Chris Whipple that alcoholism can intensify certain traits.

“High-functioning alcoholics or alcoholics in general, their personalities are exaggerated when they drink,” she said.

Trump, whose brother Fred Trump Jr. struggled with alcoholism, has long cited that family history as a reason he abstains from alcohol. Wiles nevertheless said Trump displays what she described as “an alcoholic’s personality,” which she characterized as operating with the belief that “there’s nothing he can’t do.”

Wiles has also faced recent scrutiny after federal authorities launched an investigation in June when her phone appeared to have been hacked.

“They breached the phone; they tried to impersonate her,” President Trump told reporters. “Nobody can impersonate her. There’s only one Susie.” He added that she is an “amazing woman” who “can handle” the situation.

A White House official later confirmed the investigation following a report by The Wall Street Journal that business leaders and elected officials — including governors, senators, and members of Congress — had received texts and calls from someone impersonating Wiles. The official emphasized that the breach involved Wiles’ personal phone, not her government-issued device.

According to reports, some of the fraudulent messages included a list of individuals the impersonator claimed should be pardoned, while another sought a cash transfer.

As the midterms approach, the White House appears confident that Trump’s political star power — combined with his willingness to defy conventional wisdom — could upend the historical pattern of the president’s party losing ground in Congress.