That's it - the Democrats control both houses of Congress. And that, of course, is 70 percent of Trump's merit personally," journalist Stanislav Kucher "For two years, he showed a master class in defaming the Republican Party. Few succeeded in this, especially in light of such strong positions at the beginning of their party and such weak positions of the opponent (in our case, the Democratic camp). Now many are "reassuring" the losers - like, it's okay, the president's party regularly loses seats in the midterm elections. This is a consolation for those who prefer not to notice the difference between rhinitis and bilateral pneumonia. Losing a number of seats in Congress and losing control of both houses at once are somewhat different things. Over the past 30 years, this has only happened once, in 2006, under Bush Jr. Current history is particularly notable for the geography of defeat: Democrats won in Texas, South Carolina, Kansas (where Republicans held the Senate seat for 94 years!). So yes, the president's party often loses. But not every time voters redraw the country's political map so badly that the president has to relearn how to talk to Congress. Trump has two more years of such fascinating learning ahead of him - unless, of course, after realizing what damage he has done to his own party, "his own people" won't tolerate him one way or another any sooner." Read in full on the Echo website.

That's it - the Democrats control both houses of Congress. And that, of course, is 70 percent of Trump's merit personally," journalist Stanislav Kucher "For two years, he showed a master class in defaming the Republican Party. Few succeeded in this, especially in light of such strong positions at the beginning of their party and such weak positions of the opponent (in our case, the Democratic camp). Now many are "reassuring" the losers - like, it's okay, the president's party regularly loses seats in the midterm elections. This is a consolation for those who prefer not to notice the difference between rhinitis and bilateral pneumonia. Losing a number of seats in Congress and losing control of both houses at once are somewhat different things. Over the past 30 years, this has only happened once, in 2006, under Bush Jr. Current history is particularly notable for the geography of defeat: Democrats won in Texas, South Carolina, Kansas (where Republicans held the Senate seat for 94 years!). So yes, the president's party often loses. But not every time voters redraw the country's political map so badly that the president has to relearn how to talk to Congress. Trump has two more years of such fascinating learning ahead of him - unless, of course, after realizing what damage he has done to his own party, "his own people" won't tolerate him one way or another any sooner." Read in full on the Echo website.