“The bottom’s beginning to fall out,” one House Republican from a blood-red district told me. Trump is even underwater in this lawmaker’s seat, which the president carried overwhelmingly two years ago. “We have money that we’ve never had before, but they have every strategic advantage in their direction, and the president’s made it worse — nobody in my district cares about the Kennedy Center, arches or the Reflecting Pool, all this nonsense,” said this GOP member.

The unpopular war and its impact on gas prices are the biggest drivers of voter dissatisfaction; the national average for regular unleaded was $4.48 a gallon as of Monday, according to GasBuddy. Yet not far behind is a recognition, even among the most loyal Republicans, that Trump is more focused on himself than voters. His unceasing fixation on naming buildings for himself and renovation projects is in plain view, and he makes no effort to conceal it’s what he cares about.