Did the Democrats win last week’s midterm elections? Or did US President Donald Trump lose them?
Yes. And in that duality lies the real lesson for Australian politics.
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If there’s an American politics analog to the Prime Minister’s premature boast about taming inflation, it’s President George W. Bush 2003 declaration of “Mission Accomplished”.
Did the Democrats win last week’s midterm elections? Or did US President Donald Trump lose them?
Yes. And in that duality lies the real lesson for Australian politics.
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President Donald Trump today shifted gears once again in his approach to the war with Iran, writing on social media that the US doesn’t “need a deal” with Tehran and ordering his vice president to turn his focus elsewhere.
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The president's son will no longer serve as an advisor at Kalshi.
Trump Jr. has been an advisor to both Kalshi and its rival Polymarket during the prediction market-friendly administration of his father. Kalshi told Bloomberg that the company and Trump Jr. “mutually agreed” to part ways after his venture capital firm invested in Polymarket this summer. [Link: Donald Trump Jr. Out as Kalshi Adviser Following Midterms | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-12/donald-trump-jr-out-as-kalshi-adviser-following-midterms | Bloomberg]
President says vice-president will focus on supposed ‘Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities and States’
Donald Trump's comments come after reports his vice-president was considering face-to-face peace talks with a hard-line Iranian security official.