After two years of largely getting away with what he pleased without interference from a cowed Republican Congress, President Donald Trump faces a very different final two years of his term.
He almost certainly is going to hate them.
Democrats appear on track for perhaps a 70-seat margin of control in the House and have flipped the Senate as well, an outcome unimaginable just months ago, thanks to a president whose trade war against the planet and real war against Iran made him historically unpopular heading into the midterm elections.
The size of the Democratic sweep means the free pass he has received from a Republican-run Congress on his open corruption and his repeated flouting of laws is certain to end come January.
His grip on the Republican Party, which loosened briefly following his failed coup attempt on January 6, 2021, may finally end as well.
“Tonight is a total repudiation of Trump and Trumpism,” said Mac Stipanovich, a longtime Republican consultant in Florida who has pushed for the party to move beyond Trump. “There is a God.”
Trump, for his part, appears confused about exactly how he will handle things. Shortly before the polls closed, ...
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