Trump reprises chaotic rhetoric to weary public
The gist
US President Donald Trump's approval hit a record-low 31 percent in mid-October 2026, and voters flipped Congress.
The result puts the Republican Party's direction and the 2028 primaries in play.
How it unfolded
- 2016Voters were told Donald Trump was beyond the pale; he won narrowly.
- 2020Trump was ousted from power.
- 2024Trump won again, this time decisively, in states including ones he carried.
Key terms
- midterm
- US general elections held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term, when all House seats and about a third of Senate seats are contested.
- flipped Congress
- Winning a majority in both the House and Senate, as in the 2006 U.S. midterm elections.
- primaries
- An election in which voters of a political party choose that party's candidate for an upcoming general election.
Source: Wikipedia