The Democrats’ success in the just-concluded American Mid-term election, which saw the opposition take over both the Senate and the House of Representatives, has elicited more excitement than expected, even outside the United States.
This is partly due to the growing resentment toward rightism and nationalism that is blowing throughout the world, of which President Donald Trump is perceived to be the champion and a leading icon.
Those European leaders who prevailed on Iran to slow down the negotiations with the US and foot-drag until the midterm election to create political situations that will enable the Democrats to win the election are all beaming with smiles across the globe.
Those on the side of extreme wokeness, strange and unnatural rightness, and the deception of populism that goes with it are obviously in celebration mode. The aggressive and mendacious media who didn’t spare Trump one single day will be glad, obviously.
To many, the MAGA policy drive that seeks to project and protect the American dream and needs first was an oppressive tool to punish trade partners with crushing tarriffs, invade off-shore resources and national boundaries at the slightest provocation and to overly police the entire world with brawn and brawl.
The Donald Trump persona stood stoutly at people’s faces, global negotiation tables and globalists were in awe of such a hard and domineering fist, running world affairs. These are the set of people who may breath a sigh of relief across the world today.
The same Americans who chose Donald Trump despite the battles, warts and all, have decided to vote against his Republican party, thereby lowering his approval and popularity rating drastically. But this is not strange.
Former President Clinton fell to 37% approval but rose to 66% by the time he left the oval office. He was impeached even though he wasn’t convicted. And all of these didn’t stop him from bombing Serbia for 78 days without the Congress.
Former President Obama jumped over the Senate on the Iran deal, bombed ISIS in Iraq and Syria in 2014 without an additional vote. He bombed Libya in 2011 without Congress, too.
If low approval and an overly hostile Congress didn’t stop them, it may not be able to stop President Trump in his remaining two years. What President Trump must do is to be less eccentric while reconsidering drastic economic mistepps that triggers the anger of the people against him.
Whatever happens now or in the near future to Trump and his Republican Party, Democracy in America has gained mileage, through the instrumentality of election, in determining the mood and mode of the people vis-a-vis their yearning and aspirations. Every other Country should learn from this. I will not wail for President Donald Trump and the Republican party, neither should you. It is a win-win situation.