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Politics● Elevated5d ago · Nov 5, 2026, 3:46 PM

US midterms: 'Donald Trump's wings have been more than clipped'

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from France 24 [en] · North America

US President Donald Trump faced a radically transformed and hostile political landscape after Democrats seized both the House of Representatives and the Senate in Tuesday's (November 3) midterms. The result was a personal humiliation for the 80-year-old Trump, leaving him as a lame duck president for the remaining two years of his term. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Commentator Douglas Herbert has more.

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