The Aporia
The Aporia
View, T. H. (2026, November 2). Judgment day comes for Trump and the abuse of power. The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/judgment-day-comes-for-trump-and-the-abuse-of-power-20261102-p61aku.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed
View, The Herald's. “Judgment day comes for Trump and the abuse of power.” The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 Nov. 2026, https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/judgment-day-comes-for-trump-and-the-abuse-of-power-20261102-p61aku.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed.
View, The Herald's. “Judgment day comes for Trump and the abuse of power.” The Sydney Morning Herald, November 2, 2026. https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/judgment-day-comes-for-trump-and-the-abuse-of-power-20261102-p61aku.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed.
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As of November 2, 2026, Donald Trump faces significant political defeat in the United States midterm elections, with polls strongly suggesting that Republicans will lose control of both the House and possibly even the Senate to Democrats on election day. This comes after two years of what many view as destructive policies under Trump's presidency, including undermining judicial decisions, politicizing government institutions, and exacerbating economic issues like soaring national debt, which now stands at a record $41 trillion. Despite promising job creation, actual employment growth has been disappointing, while interest rates have increased and public services such as Medicaid funding have been cut, affecting ordinary Americans disproportionately. Trump's support in key states like farm regions has weakened, leaving him vulnerable to significant losses that could be seen globally as a pivotal moment marking the end of his influence on U.S. politics.
Donald Trump’s second term of presidency has been exhausting both to the United States and much of the world. But mostly to himself.
After wrecking the joint for two years, he has run out of puff and is poised to suffer a defeat that will be a new “shot heard round the world”.
Once the land of the free, America under Trump teetered towards autocracy as he defied courts on deportation orders, turned the Department of Justice into an instrument of retribution and misused national security for political ends.
While he lined the pockets of wealthy supporters, sacked many public servants and curtailed many public services, including Medicaid funding, ordinary people suffered.
His heartland is shaken. Farm states feel abandoned. The Hispanic community feels unfairly targeted by ICE raids.
Republicans have been undermining democracy, redrawing electoral boundaries, releasing a blizzard of executive orders unconstitutionally claiming state election powers were a federal concern and overturning the Voters’ Rights Act which safeguarded against racial discrimination as the administration tried to disenfranchise large numbers of voters, claiming fraud that could not be found.
The man who did nothing when supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC on January 6, 2021, asserting the election the previous November had been hijacked by radical left Democrats, is suggesting that cheating Democrats will steal this midterm election.
