Just Saying | Midterm, schmidterm – Trump is sure to win a second term now
- Yonden Lhatoo can’t help feeling impressed by the one-man political juggernaut that is the US president, arguing that he is well on his way to re-election in 2020, and the midterm election setback is no big deal
But while the president’s detractors are singing “fa-la-la-la-la”, they may be well-advised to pause mid-pirouette and reflect on the reality that his days in the White House are far from numbered as a result, never mind the breathless euphoria in the liberal media over “the beginning of the end for Trump”. It’s all wishful thinking, of course.
Even if Trump himself was not on the ballot, this was indubitably a referendum on his leadership, and he wasn’t far off the mark in claiming “close to a complete victory” – the president was the biggest winner in terms of his 2020 re-election campaign.
And that campaign is effectively in full swing already. Midterm, schmidterm – Trump has moved on, his eyes firmly fixed on a second term in the most powerful office on the planet, while the opposition is still busy with more pressing matters like post-election back patting.
