For two years, Americans have endured the unsettling spectacle of a would-be autocrat trying to monopolize power and rule by decree. In the midterm elections, voters put an emphatic end to President Donald Trump’s wild ride on Nov. 3.
The vote was a massive repudiation of the president’s idiosyncratic governing priorities, especially his throwback tariffs and his rash decision to ignite an open-ended war with Iran. Both drove up the prices of everyday necessities, making a mockery of Trump’s campaign promise to “immediately bring prices down, starting on day one.”
Across the country, Republican candidates were dragged down by Trump’s woeful job approval – 38% – and voters’ dismal view of the economy. And their indictment of Trumpian chaos and misrule didn’t end there.
