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And today's show, a look at Donald Trump's endorsement strategy.

This is your Politico Playbook Daily briefing.

Former President Donald Trump has floated the idea of doling out dual endorsements in some

of the key midterm races, as he becomes increasingly suspicious of his advisors who are pushing

competing candidates.

He's grown so distrustful of all the advice he's getting from various aides and so wary

of being lured into picking the wrong course that he's

floated in an idea that would essentially dilute his endorsement, said a person close to the former

president, quote, he feels like he's being pinned in, explaining that Trump's logic is that

dual endorsements would mean two chances to win. Another source of Trump's endorsement apprehension,

he isn't clear about which advisors have significant personal or

financial ties to the candidates they're bending his ear about. An advisor to the former president

added, quote, he's at times suspicious of the recommendations that people give him when he knows

they're being paid. He's been asking who is paying who. A couple of examples of the conflicting

advice he's been getting in high-profile races.

In the Missouri Senate race, Pam Bondi, who heads Trump's Superpack, has advocated for her

longtime friend, state attorney general Eric Schmidt. But Kellyanne Conway is advising

Representative Bailey Long's campaign, and Kimberly Guilfoyle works on Eric Griton's campaign.

When it comes to the Pennsylvania

Senate race, his former White House aide, Dina Powell, is pushing Trump to endorse her husband,

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