President Donald Trump’s plan to rescue struggling Republican candidates by pledging to hit the campaign trail on their behalf could actually deepen their problems, two political analysts cautioned.

Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti, hosts of the "Breaking Points" program, raised the alarm Thursday over what they described as a "nightmare scenario" facing Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. The warning underscores a broader dynamic of past midterm cycles, in which the party holding the White House has historically lost congressional ground, and it comes amid ongoing Republican efforts to defend narrow majorities in Congress.

"That just makes it even worse," said Ball, a former Democratic congressional candidate, referring to Trump’s promise to stump for GOP candidates.

Enjeti, a conservative commentator and journalist, pointed out that Republicans contesting some of the country’s most competitive races are confronting a "major fundraising problem" and are counting on the MAGA leader’s super PAC, MAGA Inc., to bail them out.

"All of these candidates are not banking on the traditional financial system to come and save their a--," Enjeti said. "These candidates are all waiting for Trump to come in and to save them in the midterms, which I would have told you — that’s a stupid idea."

According to Enjeti, Trump’s MAGA Inc. has roughly $1 billion at its disposal. However, rather than deploying that money to promote individual candidates, Enjeti said Trump is directing the advertising toward messaging about "how awesome he is."

Enjeti argued that the president’s preoccupation with the elections ultimately boils down to a single concern.

"What he cares about in the midterms is he doesn’t want to be embarrassed," he concluded. "And ironically, he’s actually creating the exact conditions for him being embarrassed."