The Democrats Have Trounced Trump – Now They Must Stop Him Becoming a Maga Martyr
- Anti-Establishment populism shaped recent voting, revealing a shift against mammoth corporations and Big Tech billionaires who became the most visible backers of Trump and the Republican Party.
- Many who supported Trump in 2016 and 2024 have abandoned him, citing blatant corruption, crony capitalism, and a desire to avoid the gilded side of America's new Gilded Age.
- Sherrod Brown regained his Senate seat from Ohio largely due to voter anger at data centers, while Hamilton and most Democratic candidates rejected money from corporate PACs.
- Democrats will control Congress in January, prompting debate over whether they will enact measures Americans want, such as Medicare for All and tougher anti-monopoly laws.
- The irony remains that anti-establishment anger propelled Trump into the presidency in 2016 and 2024, yet many citizens found his "America first" nativism reflected their own feelings of being disrespected or left behind.
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The Democrats have trounced Trump – now they must stop him becoming a Maga martyr
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'Blue Tsunami' in the Midterms: What Can the Democrats Do Now with Their Victory in the US Congress?
One of Donald Trump’s first reactions to the Democrats’ overwhelming victory in the mid-term legislative elections has been to recognize their defeat, congratulate their adversaries and be willing to negotiate with them. It’s all a change from the attitude he maintained after losing the 2020 presidential election, when he refused to recognize Joe Biden’s victory. An unreleased Trump. The “blunami,” the blue tsunami of the Democrats, has been inc…
Democrats have conquered the House and Senate, but Trump will remain president until 2029 and retains the veto and power to issue executive orders, within the limits of the law
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