President Donald Trump’s intense focus on Venezuela is unsettling some of his own aides and allies as a pivotal midterm election approaches.
Trump’s preoccupation with the brazen U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has frustrated senior White House officials and Republican lawmakers who want the administration to emphasize economic and healthcare concerns, three people familiar with internal discussions told Reuters.
With voters still disgruntled about prices and affordability, some allies fear the foreign-policy drumbeat could endanger the party’s narrow hold on Congress in November.
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