Trump’s just been handed a huge midterms defeat. Here’s how he reacted last time

Democrats swept the midterm elections on Tuesday, according to The Independent, taking control of both chambers of Congress and handing President Donald Trump a sharp rebuke. The paper's tally showed Democrats with at least 54 Senate seats to the Republicans' 42, with four undecided, and 224 House seats to 134 for Republicans, with 77 uncounted.

The outlet compares the night with November 6, 2018, when Trump's first-term midterms cost Republicans the House while they narrowly kept the Senate. That campaign centered on border security, including thousands of National Guard troops sent toward a migrant caravan. Immigration now helps him less, the paper says, because of public anger at ICE after two U.S. citizens were killed in Minnesota in January. After winning the House in 2018, Democrats opened impeachment proceedings in September 2019 over Ukraine aid; the Senate acquitted Trump.

The Independent expects Democrats to start investigations, possibly pursue impeachment of Trump or Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and block his legislative agenda, leaving him dependent on executive orders. It adds that Trump, whose approval ratings are poor, may reject blame and contest results, as he did after losing to Joe Biden in 2020.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →