THE COVER STORY | ||||
What Donald Trump will do next | ||||
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Whew! It’ll still take more time to make full sense of what happened in American politics this week, but within hours of the polls closing Tuesday, what had become clear was that a real change was afoot. Democrats outperformed Republicans in the House of Representatives by the largest margin in 50 years. They seized Senate seats in places like Kansas, Texas and South Carolina–all shockers. | ||||
Will a change in what voters want lead to a meaningful change in Washington? Nik Popli and Julia Terruso spoke with dozens of Democratic leaders and insiders about their plans in Congress next year. | ||||
And how will President Donald Trump respond? Eric Cortellessa took an early measure of the mood within the White House. When we asked Trump earlier this fall in our Oval Office interview what he was likely to do if the Democrats retook the House, he told us, “They’ll probably go after me, and I’ll go after them.” Then, in the late hours Tuesday night, he gave a number of interviews saying that he was open to collaborating with House Democrats. We’ll see. | ||||
Predicting Trump’s next move is a fool’s errand, but we do know a few things. Presidents typically focus more on foreign policy when they face obstruction in Washington, and Trump seems poised to focus on the Western Hemisphere, where a number of Trump allies have been elected in the last eighteen months. Administrations usually see significant turnover during a lame-duck period. | ||||
Are we likely to see a mellower President? One Trump ally tells Cortellessa: “Don’t expect a kinder, gentler Trump.” |
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