Political Reckoning Shatters Trump’s Grip On Washington

“Rarely in American politics has a president traded away so much political support so quickly,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The losses that Republicans suffered on Tuesday marked one of the most decisive repudiations of a president in modern history. President Trump had re-entered the White House with advantages he lacked in his first term: a victory in the popular vote, a cadre of aides eager to expand his authority and cultural currency that had NFL players doing the ‘Trump dance’ in the end zone.”

“Only two years later, his political standing has collapsed, all because of a dramatic miscalculation of his power to shape events.”