04/11/2026
US presidents have been beaten badly in previous midterm elections, from the 'thumping' of George W Bush in 2006 to the 'shellacking' of Barack Obama in 2010. But the humbling of Trump and his Republican Party in 2026 was in a category of its own — a savage rejection from across the country of the president, his allies and his second-term agenda https://ft.trib.al/LSj1uD8