The Empire That Blinked: Trump, the Midterms, and the Price of “America First”
By. B.V. Phani Kumar Donald Trump built his political career on a simple, thunderous promise: America would no longer be cheated, no longer be lectured, no longer be asked to carry the world. But the 2026 midterm elections have turned that promise into a question mark. Democrats have captured both the House and Senate in





