Trump makes patriotism a battlefield in midterm elections

Published February 27, 2026 6:10am ET



President Donald Trump has chosen the battlefield on which Republicans will fight Democrats for control of Congress in November’s midterm elections. The terrain he marked out in his State of the Union address is patriotism.

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