“You can be the kingmaker even when you’re not the king,” argues the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein. The Republican strategist Liam Donovan joins “The Ezra Klein Show” to explain that Trump’s core strategy is ensuring a vulnerable G.O.P. can never abandon him.

The president doesn’t seem that concerned that his party could lose control of Congress. Ezra Klein and the Republican strategist Liam Donovan discuss Trump’s midterm strategy and Democratic paths to victory.

We need a law that raises the legal standard for bringing federal criminal charges.