Panicky Republicans fear Trump speech will drive them ‘right off a political cliff’

people I talk to are scared s—less,” a former Trump administration official told Politico. “It’s not scared s—less about the text of what he’s going to say, it’s, what does he add to the text?”

White House officials have privately expressed frustration with the prime-time address decision, viewing it as a waste of valuable messaging real estate.continue reading …