No matter how you spin it, former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are well positioned to take unified control of the federal government in November as their Democratic rivals grapple with potentially replacing President Joe Biden as their standard-bearer.

A good rule of thumb in conflicts is to never get in your enemy’s way when he is hurting himself. And Trump and the GOP are doing a fine job of staying out of the headlines as polls show Biden is in a free fall and would likely lose the election by a significant margin if it were held today.