Donald Trump is behaving as though he’s sitting on top of the political world. In reality, he may be presiding over his own undoing. For a president who insists he doesn’t want to face impeachment or investigations under a Democratic-controlled Congress, Trump has alarmed Capitol Hill Republicans with his increasingly brazen conduct—demanding $1 billion for a ballroom, trading the stocks of companies whose fate he controls, ransoming a $1.8 billion slush fund for his supporters, pardoning his family for any tax crimes—none of which is playing well with voters when the price of gas is nearing $5 a gallon. They’re perplexed, angry, and, in some cases, resigned to the conclusion that Trump cares more about himself than the midterms. When I asked one House Republican what the president was doing to help the party win in November, the member sighed. “I don’t think he’s trying to.”