DONALD TRUMP’S hopes of a White House comeback appeared to have been dealt a triple blow today as early results showed no huge Republican “red wave” in the US mid-term elections, some candidates he personally backed losing, and a clear rival to be his party’s presidential candidate emerging.
Counting was just starting in many states so the outcome of the elections was far too early to call and Joe Biden appeared to be set to lose control of the House of Representatives and to be in a nail-biting fight to cling onto the Senate. But initial signs were that the Democrats had performed better than expected and Mr Trump was not going to storm back into power in Washington in two years’ time on the back of a large midterm elections wave.
The results were pointing towards gridlock on Capitol Hill if as expected President Biden loses control of the House of Representatives , which will leave him struggling to get through many of his reforms.
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