He also urged them to “pretend that I’m on the ballot” despite his growing unpopularity.

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The US president's US$1.35 trillion pledge raises a number of questions, and he has not specified where the money would come from.

US President Donald Trump turned the Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention into a sweeping campaign pitch on Wednesday, urging voters to back the GOP in 2026 and…