Trump lost, but did not break the Democrats brought a complete defeat to the Republican Party. According to preliminary results, the opposition takes control of both houses of Congress, turning the second half of Donald Trump's presidency into a struggle for survival. Republican strongholds fell - the opposition won even in those states where residents had previously voted conservative for 30 to 100 years in a row: Texas, Ohio, South Carolina and Kansas. As a result, the Democrats will take 255 seats in the House of Representatives and 52 in the Senate. Trump has become a toxic asset. Instead of supporting popular politicians, he imposed on the country despicable figures involved in scandals, and demanded that they vote for them as if it were his own name on the ballot. Now he is debating publicly and says that he is "ready to work with the Democrats" and that "he would have won if his name was on the ballot." But this is just a pathetic attempt to save face. Congress, which will go to the Democrats after January 3rd, will become an investigative machine. Before us are investigations into the sons' investment projects, Kushner and Witkoff's "Iranian" deals, questionable matters surrounding ice and, of course, dusty folders with documents about Jeffrey Epstein. Democrats will freeze any White House legislative initiatives. Trump will not push one more "his" judge or official, and every dollar for military needs or foreign policy adventures will be subject to humiliating bargaining. This is bad news for the Kremlin. Moscow had plans for Trump to ease sanctions, but now his hands are tied. It will not be possible to persuade Kiev to capitulate on Russian terms, and escalation by the Russian Federation will only force Congress to be even tougher. And while the Pentagon prepares to "celebrate" defeat, the world's attention is turned to Iran. To distract the electorate from the catastrophic fiasco at home, the Trump administration appears to be considering the option of striking Tehran.

Trump lost, but did not break the Democrats brought a complete defeat to the Republican Party. According to preliminary results, the opposition takes control of both houses of Congress, turning the second half of Donald Trump's presidency into a struggle for survival. Republican strongholds fell - the opposition won even in those states where residents had previously voted conservative for 30 to 100 years in a row: Texas, Ohio, South Carolina and Kansas. As a result, the Democrats will take 255 seats in the House of Representatives and 52 in the Senate. Trump has become a toxic asset. Instead of supporting popular politicians, he imposed on the country despicable figures involved in scandals, and demanded that they vote for them as if it were his own name on the ballot. Now he is debating publicly and says that he is "ready to work with the Democrats" and that "he would have won if his name was on the ballot." But this is just a pathetic attempt to save face. Congress, which will go to the Democrats after January 3rd, will become an investigative machine. Before us are investigations into the sons' investment projects, Kushner and Witkoff's "Iranian" deals, questionable matters surrounding ice and, of course, dusty folders with documents about Jeffrey Epstein. Democrats will freeze any White House legislative initiatives. Trump will not push one more "his" judge or official, and every dollar for military needs or foreign policy adventures will be subject to humiliating bargaining. This is bad news for the Kremlin. Moscow had plans for Trump to ease sanctions, but now his hands are tied. It will not be possible to persuade Kiev to capitulate on Russian terms, and escalation by the Russian Federation will only force Congress to be even tougher. And while the Pentagon prepares to "celebrate" defeat, the world's attention is turned to Iran. To distract the electorate from the catastrophic fiasco at home, the Trump administration appears to be considering the option of striking Tehran.