According to Trumpworld insiders, the president has finished waging his primary campaign of vengeance against Republican enemies and will now focus his war chest, time, and influence on the ultimate goal of maintaining the GOP’s House and Senate majorities in the general election.“We’ve basically moved on to general elections now,” James Blair, Trump’s top political aide, told the Washington Examiner, even while noting that the primary season had yet to conclude.
Blair took a leave of absence last month from his position as Trump’s White House deputy chief of staff to run the president’s political operation through the conclusion of the 2026 election cycle. It’s essentially the same position he held in 2024, when, while serving as White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’s right-hand man, he helped orchestrate Trump’s political comeback and helped downballot Republicans win control of Congress.
Blair says that Tuesday night, when Trump-endorsed Ed Gallrein bested incumbent and frequent Trump critic Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), was the “main event” of the president’s revenge tour.
“The president may weigh into the Georgia Senate race. He’ll figure that out soon. Obviously, Texas will play itself out, but we’ve pretty much turned the corner to the general election now,” he told the Washington Examiner.
