WASHINGTON _ After a rare day of silence, and out of public view, President Donald Trump hunkered down in White House to watch election results with political advisers, donors and friends.
He was joined by Corey Lewandowski, his 2016 campaign manager; David Bossie, his former deputy campaign manager; and Brad Parscale, his 2020 campaign manager, according to a source with knowledge of the president's plans.
All three men have spent considerable time with Trump, joining him on Air Force One as he flew to Republican states trying to mobilize supporters to help Republican candidates, and laying the groundwork for his own re-election campaign.
The president invited a number of donors and friends, including Las Vegas casino owner Sheldon Adelson, though it wasn't clear who came, the source said.
While a wave of Democratic victories _ including in battleground states that Trump won in 2016 _ would be an ominous portent for the president's re-election prospects, the source said, Trump is confident that he could prevail by running against a Democratic-controlled House that presumably would focus on investigating and possibly trying to impeach him.
