Trump vows to campaign intensively for Republicans but may avoid the primaries
President Donald Trump  said on Wednesday that  he  plans to devote much of  his  time this year to helping Republicans maintain control of the U.S. Congress  but suggested  he  may stay out of divisive intra-party primary fights.
"I am going to spend probably four or five days a week helping people because we need more Republicans "  the Republican president  said in an interview with Reuters. "To get the real agenda through  we need more Republicans."
 Trump  indicated  he  would avoid endorsing candidates in Republican primaries  as  he  did last year in Alabama's Senate race  when the incumbent  he  endorsed was defeated by a hard-line conservative challenger  and would likely focus on the November general election in which Democrats are trying to wrest control of Congress from the Republicans.
"It's hard sometimes. Sometimes you really like three candidates â that's a very tough position to be in. But we have places where I like all of the candidates "  Trump  said. "But I will be very much involved with â beyond the primaries â with the election itself  very very much."
 Trump  is scheduled to travel to western Pennsylvania on Thursday in support of Rick Saccone  the Republican candidate in a special election to replace Republican U.S. Representative Tim Murphy  who resigned in October amid a sex scandal.
 Trump  said  he  is traveling to Pennsylvania to give Saccone  his  "total support."
Fractious Republican primary battles already are developing in states including Arizona  Nevada and Wisconsin  where some of the candidates are backed by Steve Bannon   Trump 's former chief political strategist who he fired last August.
Before Bannon had a public falling-out with the president over the former adviser's comments in a new book about the Trump White House  the expectation had been that Bannon's involvement might tempt  Trump  to interject  himself  into some those fights.
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"I am going to spend probably four or five days a week helping people because we need more Republicans "  the Republican president  said in an interview with Reuters. "To get the real agenda through  we need more Republicans."
  [TGT] indicated  he  would avoid endorsing candidates in Republican primaries  as  he  did last year in Alabama's Senate race  when the incumbent  he  endorsed was defeated by a hard-line conservative challenger  and would likely focus on the November general election in which Democrats are trying to wrest control of Congress from the Republicans.
"It's hard sometimes. Sometimes you really like three candidates â that's a very tough position to be in. But we have places where I like all of the candidates "  Trump  said. "But I will be very much involved with â beyond the primaries â with the election itself  very very much."
 Trump  is scheduled to travel to western Pennsylvania on Thursday in support of Rick Saccone  the Republican candidate in a special election to replace Republican U.S. Representative Tim Murphy  who resigned in October amid a sex scandal.
 Trump  said  he  is traveling to Pennsylvania to give Saccone  his  "total support."
Fractious Republican primary battles already are developing in states including Arizona  Nevada and Wisconsin  where some of the candidates are backed by Steve Bannon   Trump 's former chief political strategist who he fired last August.
Before Bannon had a public falling-out with the president over the former adviser's comments in a new book about the Trump White House  the expectation had been that Bannon's involvement might tempt  Trump  to interject  himself  into some those fights.