US midterm elections: Trump's Republicans lose both chambers of Congress

Republican defeat in the midterm elections

Midterm elections were held in the United States, and according to Kun.uz, they resulted in a major defeat for Donald Trump's Republican Party: control of the House of Representatives went not only to the opposition — the Senate also passed to the Democrats. In addition, the overwhelming majority of elected governors were representatives of the Democratic Party. The outlet describes the result as a 'crushing blow' and notes that the Republicans last suffered such a heavy defeat 50–60 years ago, in the era of President Nixon.

Context: the question of the state of American democracy

Kun.uz considers the election results in a broader context. In the author's view, when two years ago Americans handed supreme power to Trump — whom the publication describes as an 'extreme, xenophobic, Islamophobic and vulgar politician' — a historic question arose: how healthy would American democracy and its state institutions remain after a populist, and whether the country was moving toward authoritarianism. The author asserts that the Trump administration demonstrated a model of behavior that included denying partnerships, pressure and intimidation, treating negotiations as a means of deception, and turning public offices into a means of personal enrichment; these characterizations belong to the outlet and are not independently confirmed facts.

What the result means

The meaning of the result, as Kun.uz formulates it, is that the American voter, at the midpoint of Trump's second term, 'curtailed' the mandate granted to him. The outlet emphasizes that the United States is not simply an ordinary nation-state: its behavior serves as a reference point and model, including for authoritarian states, which often cite Washington's position as justification for their own actions. Therefore, according to the publication's logic, the election results matter far beyond American domestic politics. It should be noted that the piece is an opinion column: the assessments presented in it reflect the outlet's position, whereas the electoral outcome itself (the loss of both chambers of Congress and the majority of governorships) is presented as fact.