DONALD Trump’s life just got much, much harder in the wake of the midterm elections. This is what the results really mean for the US President.
DONALD Trump’s job just got much harder.
His political opponents, the Democrats, took control of America’s House of Representatives with a massive swing in the midterm elections today.
At the same time, Mr Trump’s Republicans retained control of the Senate.
So Congress has been split down the middle. The question is, what does that mean for the President?
Mr Trump seemed happy enough with the result, calling it a “tremendous success”.
That is very much a “glass half full” kind of attitude.
“It’s nice for Donald Trump to tweet about a ‘tremendous success’ tonight. It’s not a tremendous success,” CNN host Jake Tapper said.
“They (the Democrats) are going to make his life a living hell.
“He is going to find an opposition that he has never really encountered before.”
First, and most significantly, Mr Trump will no longer be able to pass legislation without support from the Democrats.
For the first two years of his presidency, he has been able to rely on Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress, and sometimes even that has not been enough.
For example, Mr Trump’s push to repeal his predecessor’s signature health care law, Obamacare, failed when a few members of his own side went rogue.
Now even perfect, iron-clad discipline from the Republicans will not be enough. To pass anything, he needs the Democrats’ help.
Is there any hope at all of something productive getting done? Maybe.
Nancy Pelosi, who will probably become Speaker when the new House sits for the first time in January, promised she would “strive for bipartisanship” in her victory speech today.
More at https://tinyurI.com/ybwxpcvc
DONALD Trump’s job just got much harder.
His political opponents, the Democrats, took control of America’s House of Representatives with a massive swing in the midterm elections today.
At the same time, Mr Trump’s Republicans retained control of the Senate.
So Congress has been split down the middle. The question is, what does that mean for the President?
Mr Trump seemed happy enough with the result, calling it a “tremendous success”.
That is very much a “glass half full” kind of attitude.
“It’s nice for Donald Trump to tweet about a ‘tremendous success’ tonight. It’s not a tremendous success,” CNN host Jake Tapper said.
“They (the Democrats) are going to make his life a living hell.
“He is going to find an opposition that he has never really encountered before.”
First, and most significantly, Mr Trump will no longer be able to pass legislation without support from the Democrats.
For the first two years of his presidency, he has been able to rely on Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress, and sometimes even that has not been enough.
For example, Mr Trump’s push to repeal his predecessor’s signature health care law, Obamacare, failed when a few members of his own side went rogue.
Now even perfect, iron-clad discipline from the Republicans will not be enough. To pass anything, he needs the Democrats’ help.
Is there any hope at all of something productive getting done? Maybe.
Nancy Pelosi, who will probably become Speaker when the new House sits for the first time in January, promised she would “strive for bipartisanship” in her victory speech today.
More at https://tinyurI.com/ybwxpcvc
