Republicans routed as Democrats gain powerful new leverage over Trump for remainder of his presidency

Republicans routed as Democrats gain powerful new leverage over Trump for remainder of his presidency

Democrats have regained control of the US Senate, routing Republicans nationwide with historic victories that will give them powerful new leverage over Donald Trump for the remainder of his presidency.

Democrats will soon have the ability to hold up not just Trump’s legislative agenda, but also any appointments he makes to his cabinet or the federal judiciary – including the supreme court, where conservatives have a 6-3 majority.

  • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
    21·
    3 hours ago

    Trumps Obama-hatred could be resolved by just getting a gay man give a 15 minute speech on how attractive Obama is every week or two.

    Eventually Trumps flamboyant inner queer would push some levers and he’d like Obama all of a sudden but wouldn’t be able to explain why.

    “A lot of people think I don’t like him, I thought I didn’t like him… But I was looking him over the other day…”