Trump faces 'calamitous' situation as his 'political charm' starts to backfire: author

An author who has written four books about President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the president's "political charm" is starting to backfire on the administration. For years, part of Trump's appeal to voters has been that he does not course-correct when things go sideways, journalist Michael Wolff argued in a new episode of "Inside Trump's Head," a podcast he co-hosts with Joanna Coles of The Daily Beast.

However, that strategy appears to be failing him as the administration and the Republican Party limp toward the 2026 midterms. "Course correcting is the absolute opposite of what he does. Trump is strictly a double-down guy," Wolff said. "It's part of his political charm in its way. 'I don't pander, I don't give a s---.

I just do what I'm going to do.' And for various points that has...