The sigh of relief in London and most other European capitals over the underwhelming performance of the Republicans last week may therefore be premature
The midterms did not go the way Trump wanted, but they have once again made him the centre of media attention. The questions of whether he will or won’t stand again for the presidency is now being asked on every television screen in America and around the world.
Supposing these expectations are fulfilled, what does the future hold for American politics? Gridlock on legislation and furious Republican inquiries into supposed Democratic crimes, certainly. If Trump stands for the presidency – and that is not a certainty – then Democrats can look forward to Republican fratricidal strife.
I was thinking sympathetically about these pressures on my colleagues in Washington this week as they had to give definitive opinions about the outcome of the midterm elections while the most important races were still in the balance. Why for instance had a senior judge in Rhode Island been a pall bearer at the funeral of a mafia boss for New England? Why indeed did the mafia in New England had their headquarters in Rhode Island rather than Boston? And why was Rhode Island rated at that time as the most corrupt state in the US aside from Louisiana?
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