India, Oct. 18 -- President Trump has become a liability to his own party and indeed country.

A dark shadow is hanging over the prospects of Republican candidates in the November 4 midterm elections to the US Congress. This is the omnipresence of President Donald Trump in the campaign. The Trump administration in its second term has lost its earlier connect even with US voters who have consecutively voted for Trump three times, his first and third successful Presidential bids and his second bid, in which he lost to Joe Biden.

There is a disenchantment and discontent with Trump as a consequence of several factors. The first is the high rate of inflation across the grocery shelves that has been caused by his quirky tariff and trade polici...