Commentary: Popular Uprising Against Trumpism
With the loss of majorities in Congress and the Senate, the US President has passed the zenith of his power. However, it's hard to imagine that Trump will really accept the humiliation.
The final votes have not yet been counted, yet it can be said: The midterms in the United States are a scorching reckoning with President Donald Trump and his policies. The enchantment surrounding 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 did not appear on the ballot.
And it is a crushing defeat. Even Texas went to Democrat James Talarico for the Senate. Alone, that is historic. The much-cited "blue wave" is reality. The democratic reflexes in American society function – that is the most important and hopeful message emerging 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 sometimes even to the entire world.
On November 8, 2016, American citizens elected that man as the 45th President of the Western superpower, despite having been viewed as little more than a punchline beyond US borders, often with a somewhat arrogant attitude.
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