Mallen Baker: Faultlines

How Trump's Midterm Trouncing Has Changed America's Future

President Donald Trump approached the midterm elections with optimism that the results would be close enough that the administration could deflect, deny, seek to put its toe on the scale, anything to keep control of Congress. In the event, the vote was such a massive repudiation of Trump and his activities for the last two years, there was simply nothing that could have been done to hide the brutal fact of it. Now, the Republican choice of candidate for the 2028 election is about to kick off just when Trumpism has had the most emphatic rejection by the country. This completely changes the dynamic of the contest, and we're going to see the first stages of this play out over the coming days, not even weeks. Let's discuss.