The key facts

  • The Guardian sees the election results as a direct reflection of voters' dissatisfaction with Trump's policies
  • Democrats gain tools for investigations and blocking judicial appointments
  • The outlet predicts Trump's position within the Republican Party will worsen amid the split over the war with Iran

Election results as a signal from voters

According to The Guardian, the results of the US midterm elections directly show voters' dissatisfaction with Donald Trump's performance. Kun.uz reports on the outlet's position. According to the newspaper, the decisiveness of the results has already forced Trump to acknowledge the Democrats' victory — although, as the columnist notes, the president may keep making loud statements at the microphone and posting in all caps on social media, but that is unlikely to change anything.

What changes for the Democrats and Trump

The outlet points to practical consequences: Democrats now have the ability to investigate the activities of the president and members of his administration, as well as to block the appointment of Republican Party judges. The next two years of the presidential term, in The Guardian's view, will be completely unlike the previous ones. The newspaper recalls that in the first months of his second term Trump, in its view, did everything possible to strengthen an authoritarian regime: he 'purged' the federal bureaucracy by installing loyalists, and took control of finances away from Congress. The election results, the outlet believes, showed that he failed to subjugate the people.

2027: a hostile Congress and a split in the party

In 2027, The Guardian writes, Trump enters with a hostile Congress, a sharp drop in approval ratings, and term limits. In addition, the outlet expects difficulties within his own party: due to the split over the war with Iran, some Republicans, seeking to secure their own future, will begin to oppose him. 'Trump's strength has always rested on his power over the Republican electorate, which seemed boundless. His charisma could make voters follow him anywhere. Judging by the Democrats' victories on Tuesday night, people no longer follow him,' the newspaper concludes.

Other assessments and data limitations

Separately, Kun.uz mentions an earlier Sky News analysis, which suggested that the Republicans' defeat might push Trump toward more active action on the international stage: a drive to conclude more peace agreements and meet with dictators, and possibly an escalation of the war with Iran or the start of new conflicts. It should be noted that the material is based on opinion columns by The Guardian and Sky News as retold by the Uzbek-language outlet: these are the authors' opinions, not confirmed facts, and the original sources themselves are cited only fragmentarily in the original publications.