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Trump made the US midterms about himself. Will it backfire? | AFP

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President Donald Trump's strategy for the US midterm elections has been to put himself at the centre of the campaign. But his historic unpopularity may hinder Republicans instead of helping them.

Trump has blitzed the campaign trail in the month before the November 3 vote, jetting across the country for near-daily rallies in the fervent belief that he alone can fire up his MAGA base.

But could his strategy backfire? AFP's Danny Kemp explains.

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