US midterm election results are the checks-and-balance system that is the stuff of democracy. Trump’s imperial way of ruling needed this reminder. The war and inflation delivered a double whammy. Going forward, he said he will veto everything. He won’t go quietly into the lame duck phase, that’s for sure.
Midterm results deliver a warning to Trump against unchecked executive power
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Just can’t stop being amused at the blatant partisanship of the ThePrint.
Because the Democrats won, it is hailing US democracy.
But would it have done the same if the Republicans had won instead?
No, right? In that case, the narrative would have been one of ‘hijacking’ democracy – the typical ‘democracy khatre main hain’ narrative.