Trump’s cure for Republicans’ midterm woes is more Trump. Will it work

By WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump likes to play make-believe with his supporters. “Just close your eyes,” he tells them, “and pretend I’m on the ballot.” It’s a typically self-involved appeal from someone who has been the center of the nation’s political gravity for more than a decade. Now, he’s finishing the midterms with a cross-country blitz of campaign rallies that allow him to bask in applause when he’s otherwise profoundly unpopular. In a year marked by the war with Iran, fears about artificial intelligence, redistricting fights, high energy prices and increasing concerns about the cost of…