This year’s scariest Halloween costume goes to… pic.twitter.com/QtRbdmiR8T

— Administrator Seema Verma (@SeemaCMS) October 31, 2018

President Trump on Wednesday pledged to send even more troops to the border with less than a week to go before the midterm elections. Trump has ginned up fears over a caravan of asylum seeking migrants currently more than 1,000 miles away from the U.S. southern border.

“We’ll do up to anywhere between 10 and 15,000 military personnel, on top of Border Patrol, ICE and everybody else at the border. Nobody’s coming in,” Trump said.

President Trump on Wednesday boasted about the soaring stock market at a jobs event at the White House. But he cautioned that if the midterm elections don’t go Republicans’ way, “I think you’re all going to lose a lot of money.”

“I hate to say that,” Trump continued. I think you’re gonna lose a lot of money. People are waiting on your 401(k)’s and everything else. They’re waiting to see what happens with the midterms. And if it comes out good, like we think it probably will, ’cause there’s a good feeling in the air, there are a lot of people voting, go out and vote. But if it comes out good, I think the market’s gonna continue to go through a period that — like we’ve never seen before.”

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Trump: If GOP doesn't win in midterms, "you're all going to lose a lot of money" pic.twitter.com/48nKvf2oRZ

— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) October 31, 2018

With less than a week until the midterm elections, President Trump on Wednesday said he was deploying “many more troops” to the U.S. southern border. Trump has already deployed more than 5,000 troops to the border over a caravan that is still about 1,000 miles away from the U.S.

Our military is being mobilized at the Southern Border. Many more troops coming. We will NOT let these Caravans, which are also made up of some very bad thugs and gang members, into the U.S. Our Border is sacred, must come in legally. TURN AROUND!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 31, 2018

Rapper Kanye West on Tuesday said that he’s stepping away from politics, after months of developing an increasingly cozy relationship with President Trump.

My eyes are now wide open and now realize I’ve been used to spread messages I don’t believe in. I am distancing myself from politics and completely focusing on being creative !!!

— ye (@kanyewest) October 30, 2018

Journalist Julia Ioffe, a correspondent with GQ magazine, apologized on Monday for saying that President Trump had radicalized more people than the Islamic State.

President Trump and the first lady will travel to Pittsburgh on Tuesday in the wake of a deadly shooting massacre at a synagogue, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday at a press briefing.

A segment on Fox News this morning where hosts laughed and joked their way through a discussion on political impact of terror was bizarre. Not even 48 hours since blood flowed at synagogue? Check your soul in the makeup chair!

— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) October 29, 2018

White House communications adviser Mercedes Schlapp on Monday called for unity in the wake of a shooting massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue over the weekend, while also criticizing Democrats and the media for calling out President Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric.

Author Tim O’Brien, who wrote “TrumpNation,” on Monday weighed in President Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric, which includes calling himself a “nationalist” and accusing the media of being the “enemy of the people.”

“Dog whistles are silent. This is a fire alarm,” O’Brien said on MSNBC. “There’s nothing quiet. It’s not new. Trump has been engaging in this kind of activity for decades.”

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Tim O'Brien on Trump's rhetoric pic.twitter.com/i7EL5OsL4c

— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) October 29, 2018