The US congressional elections were held on November 8. US citizens re-elected the House of Representatives and a third of the Senate.
The Republicans are leading according to the preliminary results of the elections, although it should be noted that the gap is minimal. At the moment, there are 4 mandates in the Senate and 32 mandates in the House of Representatives left in play. The final results will be released only in December.
Former US President Donald Trump called the results of the midterm elections to the US Congress a big victory, however acknowledging the disappointing moments. He wrote about this on Truth Social.
“While in certain ways yesterday’s election was somewhat disappointing, from my personal standpoint it was a very big victory – 219 WINS and 16 Losses (the number of candidates supported by Trump — ed.) in the General – Who has ever done better than that?” Trump said in a post.
The “red wave” promised by many Republican candidates did not sweep the nation, at the moment the Republican Party has not managed to take 218 seats in the House of Representatives to establish its majority, although there is every reason to believe that this will happen soon. But the question of the future advantage in the Senate remains the main intrigue.
❗️ One thing is obvious, having a rather small advantage in Congress, the Republicans simply will not be able to radically change either the domestic or foreign policy vector of America. It is unlikely that they will try to block military and financial assistance to Ukraine requested by the White House. After all, keep in mind, that the US is a presidential republic.