Trump meets with top campaign aides as re-election fears rise

By Dan Merica, Betsy Klein and Ryan Nobles | CNN President Donald Trump met with top political aides at the White House on Thursday, a source familiar with the meeting tells CNN, as numerous public polls show the Republican leader significantly underperforming his 2016 pace in key battleground states, raising fears of defeat in November. Campaign manager Brad Parscale, deputy campaign manager Bill Stepien, pollster Tony Fabrizio, senior aide Jared Kushner and chief of staff Mark Meadows met with Trump to discuss both the campaign and the recent spate of battleground polling, the source said. During the meeting, Fabrizio, Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel and others were...