US midterms voters said: enough is enough. Is this the beginning of the end for Trump?

Democrats flipped both the House and the Senate in Tuesday's midterm elections, a double turnover that has occurred only three times since the second world war. Even in staunchly Republican Kansas, where no Democrat had won a Senate race since 1932, the party prevailed, and it also picked up seats in Texas and South Carolina, according to The Guardian.

Analyst David Smith argues that President Donald Trump engineered the defeat himself. Associated Press exit polls showed voters ranked living costs and government corruption highest, and Smith says tariffs and the attack on Iran pushed prices up while Trump displayed his wealth and a lavish ballroom. From January, Democrats can stall bills, open investigations and obstruct nominees, and could even weigh a third impeachment. Trump was already threatening vetoes by Tuesday evening.

Smith cautions against overreading the result. Trump has often governed alone, acting unilaterally on tariffs and strikes on Venezuela and Iran, and the looming 2028 succession contest involving JD Vance and Marco Rubio may erode his grip on the party more than any inquiry. Yet he returned from defeat in 2020, and he is not yet halfway through his second term.

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