The Republicans in control of Congress – for now – face many concerns as November's midterm elections loom.

And President Donald Trump keeps placing himself at the top of their list of concerns, to the benefit of Democrats who hope to seize control of the House and Senate in those elections.

Over the weekend, for instance, Trump took some time off from having no definable plan for his war in Iran to show that he also has no viable solution for problems here at home as a partial government shutdown causes problems at airports.

Republicans and Democrats in Congress have been trying to negotiate an agreement to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security – except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement – which would restart payment of salaries for Transportation Security Administration employees who work at airports.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, presented a version of that plan on March 22 to Trump, who rejected it, according to Punchbowl News.

Presented with a solution, Trump instead insisted on making the problem worse. He demanded that his administration scramble to send ICE agents to 13 airports around the country and set an ultimatum for ending the shutdown: that the Senate pass his so-called SAVE........

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