Kommentar: Diese Wahl ist eine Abrechnung mit Donald Trump
Mit dem Verlust der Mehrheiten im Kongress und Senat hat der US-Präsident den Zenit seiner Macht überschritten. Doch es ist schwer vorstellbar, dass Trump die Schmach wirklich akzeptiert.
The final votes have yet to be counted, yet it can be said that the midterms in the United States are a spectacular reckoning with the president and his policies. The enchantment of Donald Trump has begun to unravel. He was the one who turned the election into a referendum on himself. It is his defeat, even though he was not on the ballot.
And it is a devastating defeat. Texas even went to Democrat James Talarico for the Senate – a historic first. The much-heralded "blue wave" is a reality. The democratic reflexes in American society are functioning – the most important and hopeful message from this election. For ten years now, Donald Trump has been the epicenter of American politics, sending shockwaves through the oldest democracy of the modern era and momentarily into the entire world.
On November 8, 2016, US citizens elected that man as the 45th President of the Western superpower, who had long been viewed at best as a joke figure and often with a condescending attitude beyond American borders.
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