Will Trump’s lame duck presidency push him further beyond constraints of the law?
Midterm elections have defanged the US president – leaving critics to worry about his next move in his ‘fat Elvis’ stage It was just before 3am when Donald Trump entered a crowded Manhattan ballroom, greeted by chants of “USA!
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- On stage, two red “Make America great again” (Maga) caps were mounted in glass cases like holy relics.
- A decade later an unlikely president is serving an unlikely second term.
- USA” and theme music from the Hollywood film Air Force One.
That was the scene 10 years ago this week when Trump, a businessman and reality TV star, stunned the world by beating Hillary Clinton to the White House.
But in the wake of a humiliating vote of no confidence in last week’s midterm elections, he now enters an endgame wracked with uncertainty.
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