A hot mic caught poor old (80-year-old) Donald Trump saying plaintively, “I’d like to go home,” after a trophy ceremony for the 2026 Presidents Cup in Chicago over the weekend. And sure, we’ve all been there after a long day or, you know, presidential term.

Dorothy Gale needed Glinda the Good Witch, a pair of ruby slippers and three clicks of her heels to get there. All Donald Trump needs is Natalie Harp, a pair of chafing cankles and a Qatari luxury jet.

And Republicans—certainly the party’s candidates running in increasingly steep midterm races—are sure hoping that Trump gives those ankles three chub rubs, lands back in the White House, and stays there.

If he’s in that bunker deep under his new ballroom, even better.

Because every time Trump leaves the White House, he doesn’t just step onto the yellow brick road; he stomps all over the party’s messaging. He proves that there’s no man behind the........

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