President Donald Trump exiting Air Force One, November 5, 2025. LUIS M. ALVAREZ / AP
Donald Trump emerged battered by an election night that was disastrous for his party, after failing to deliver on the promise that secured his second White House term: lowering the cost of living for Americans.
The vote on Tuesday, November 4 was "not expected to be a victory," Trump told Republican senators a day after elections in Virginia, New Jersey and New York handily won by the Democratic opposition. "I don't think it was good for Republicans," he added.
Steve Bannon, one of the leading architects of Trump's Make American Great Again movement, had foreshadowed the Democratic wave: "The warning signs are flashing."
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