America is waking up to the results of the mid-term election. Here's some thoughts on what we are waking up to.
The Senate has been virtually useless anyway. According to an October tally, during Trump’s second term, the Senate had passed only 85 bills that originated in the House. Separately, Speaker Mike Johnson said in September that about 700 House-passed measures were awaiting Senate action. Senate Majority Leader John Thune was McConnell’s top deputy and a close ally. Like McConnell, Thune has been virtually useless, at best, during Trump’s second term. The constitutional presiding officer of the U.S. Senate is the vice president of the United States, JD Vance.
Moving forward, if the hyperpartisan Chuck Schumer becomes Senate majority leader, there should still be enough balance in the Senate to make passing any really crazy bills difficult. And if some get through that Trump doesn’t like, he can veto them. Overriding a presidential veto requires a two-thirds vote in both chambers—67 senators if all 100 vote. Trump still holds the trump card.
In addition, scheming Chuck Schumer’s painful partisanship is on full display when he reveals his hateful obsession with going after Trump. If Democrats make impeaching Trump and Cabinet members their main focus over the next two years, I doubt it will help them in 2028.
Another attempt to impeach Trump would be extraordinary—and, in my view, absurd. It would reinforce the very argument Democrats should want to disprove: that their opposition to him has become an obsession driven by personal hatred and partisan vindictiveness.
Plus, if Dems succeed in having Trump impeached and removed from office, JD Vance becomes president! Vance would likely govern even more conservatively than Trump. Incumbency could give him an advantage going into the 2028 election. Democrats would be doing themselves no favors, and the smart ones know that.
Besides, Trump has only a couple of years left in office anyway. If the impeachment process takes a year, removing Trump would merely trim a year off his term and speed up Vance’s rise to the presidency.
A lot of what Trump is going to do over the next two years won’t involve Congress very much anyway. Foreign policy is largely the president’s responsibility. He can pursue deals, although Congress retains influence through funding, sanctions, and oversight. If Marco Rubio stays in place, Trump will also retain a key partner in pursuing his foreign policy agenda.
If Trump focuses on finishing off Iran and bringing down oil prices, he can pursue much of that agenda through executive authority, although achieving those objectives will depend on more than his decisions alone.
Ironically, for the next month or two, Trump and Netanyahu are pretty much in the same boat. And they both have the same objective: to finish off the IRGC. That’s the legacy they both want.
If Trump continues to score some big foreign policy and economic wins while Democrats spend two years trying to impeach him and pass tax increases and socialist policies, they are going to look pretty bad heading into the 2028 campaign, which will kick off before we know it.
Last but not least, Democrats have now sent another putrid antisemite to Washington by the name of Abdul El-Sayed, along with some others. Islamists continue to tear apart Europe. The scourge is now in America's House. Results of this election truly are a wake-up call.
What’s more, Schumer endorsed El-Sayed, and that choice deserves scrutiny. If El-Sayed promotes antisemitic rhetoric, Schumer cannot escape accountability for helping elevate him. The same standard applies to every other Democrat who supported El-Sayed, either directly or by backing candidates who endorsed him. That includes AOC, who also endorsed El-Sayed.
Democrats are convinced they’ve just scored a huge win. I’m not so sure Trump didn’t win in some bizarre way. Knowing Trump, he will probably frame it that way.
The situation just got very interesting!
One final thought: if Democrats want to call this election a referendum against Trump, they must also answer for the alternative they intend to deliver. Trump has stood against the far Left’s push toward socialism and fought for secure borders, controlled immigration that serves America’s interests, a competitive capitalist economy, and the return of American manufacturing—for both prosperity and national security. Democrats would make a profound mistake by treating this election as permission to abandon that vision simply because they despise the man advancing it. Hatred of Trump is no substitute for a governing vision, and it will not excuse the consequences of their choices. Winning seats is one thing. Taking responsibility for what comes next is another. To Democrats celebrating today, I say: be careful what you wish for.
P.S. For those who believe a higher power is in control, my assessment may make even more sense.