Bidenworld wants to make the midterms more about Trump and hopes Elon Musk helps

Biden gave a hint of the upcoming strategy on his recent West Coast swing, in which he blasted the GOP for falling under the control of far-right extremists.

Biden said it was not your father's Republican Party, and that Republicans now are called the MAGA party.

The goal of turning the election into a contrast may be easy. The execution is something else. The White House has been overtaken by outside forces, leaving the president unable to stay on message and Democrats frustrated with a lack of direction from the West Wing. A number of outside groups and Democratic advisers are confused by a lack of coordination on key issues. Four Democrats close to the White House said that officials there don't often give surrogate talking points, a key component for any political operation to stay on message.

One of the Democrats said that the political office does stuff but they do it because there is a thing. If there is something to defend or sell, this is more important.

White House aides said that the talking points are sent almost daily. Outside officials are frustrated by the lack of coordination. In particular, Democrats felt empty-handed when asked to defend the administration's position on voting rights, the president's legislative agenda, and his decision to repeal the health directive that allowed the expulsion of migrants seeking asylum.

There has been frustration in the White House about the lack of cover and political push from the DNC. The move by a White House senior adviser to leave the administration and become a senior adviser to the DNC was seen as a sign that the White House wants more control over the party.

Biden's poll numbers are low, inflation is high and Democrats have a slim margin in Congress as the White House tries to turn the election into a contrast with Republicans.

The president has received high marks from foreign policy experts and even some Republicans for his handling of the war in Ukraine. The conflict has put a strain on energy costs, which have gone up. Skyrocketing consumer prices are the most important issue for this November's elections.

The credibility of the issue was shredded when Joe Biden and the House Democrats claimed that inflation wastransitory.

The White House is hopeful that it could change the conversation.

Biden aides have been delighted to watch the GOP grow more divided, as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has fended off bitterness within the ranks after a series of revelations about his critical words for Trump and right-wing caucus members. There is hope that the House committee investigating the insurrection will produce damaging findings against Trump and other Republicans. The committee will hold prime-time hearings in June.

Biden advisers are trying to game out the possibility of a surprise in October. Musk's purchase of the social media platform raised the possibility that Trump could be brought back to the platform, where he had more than 80 million followers before being banned. The White House does not believe Musk that he would allow Trump to return.

It could cut both ways, according to the consensus among Biden aides. It is possible that the former president would push the Big Lie or feud with fellow Republicans and damage the GOP's chances of regaining at least one house of Congress. Many in Biden's circle believe that if the election is about Trump, the Democrats will have a better chance.

The White House has been too focused on crises and unwilling to take responsibility. The president still believes that bipartisan deals can be made, despite being reluctant to bash Republicans often. He went after the National Republican Senatorial Committee chair Rick Scott's tax plan for hurting the middle class and small businesses.

He was hoping to bring the same bipartisanship to the White House as he did in the Senate. The only way we can make our case as Democrats and sell our agenda is to show the country how bad Republicans are.

The White House was encouraged by the fact that strong campaign contrasts could compel voters to reward incumbent parties even if they aren't enamored with the job those parties are doing.

The White House will try to place the Republican Party in Trump's shadow after carefully watching the reelection of the French President. According to two senior officials not authorized to speak publicly about private deliberations, Biden was treated as a positive reinforcement for his own domestic future because of the comfortable victory of Macron.

The White House chief of staff joked after the race was called that it was an interesting observation. Hmm...

The plan is for Biden to defy his poor poll numbers and prove a strong shot of reelection if he runs again.

It seemed that the focus on international affairs was paid no price. According to pre- election polls, some voters thought that Macron was tending to Putin more than domestic issues, but his vote total did not reflect that. Even though the war is at the center of his administration, aides are hopeful Biden will not be punished.

The White House believes that Biden has already helped the Democrats by making a late pivot to pocketbook issues.

The White House deputy press secretary said that governance is about competing values and policy agendas.