What President Trump did for his summer vacation: tweet, campaign, confer with supporters at his Bedminster golf club, tout a new Space Force, threaten government shutdowns — and hunker down for a challenging fall.

Trump faces a two-front war that could determine the fate of his presidency. Democrats are trying to take control of Congress in the midterm elections this November. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation proceeds apace, with the president’s former campaign chairman already in the dock.