As Americans tire of Donald Trump, a Democratic midterm ‘tsunami’ could sweep the GOP out of power
It was a wake-up call for America. In January, Donald Trump took the oath of office, declared himself “saved by God to make America great again” and issued a barrage of executive orders. In the ensuing months the US president and his allies moved at breakneck speed and seemed indomitable.
But as 2025 draws to a close with Trump struggling to stay awake at meetings, the prevailing image is of a driver asleep at the wheel. Opinion polls suggest that Americans are turning against him. Republicans are heading for the exit ahead of congressional contests next November that look bleak for the president’s party.
“He came into office and, like a blitzkrieg, was violating laws and the constitution,” said Larry Jacobs, director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota. “The American political process is slow-moving and so he was able to do things that were extraordinary.
It takes a lot more time, effort and money to repair something than it does to break it.
I remember Biden trying multiple times to reduce student debt, only to be thwarted by the Republicans.
The wheels of justice were grinding along at their normal slow pace to convict Trump of some of his provable crimes, all the while being interfered with by Republicans and their nominees.
It takes time to do things the right way. Especially when troublemakers are constantly shoving sticks into the spokes.
It was moving forward, just much more slowly than people wanted
I’ve heard this tired excuse since I can remember understanding any element of politics.
Simply, a system is what it does.
If “the right way” can only seem to continue to concentrate wealth upwards, conduct horrors in the name of peace across the globe and continue to squash the rights and lives of the hard working people that make the gears of society turn, well, then it doesn’t seem like it’s “the right way” for a vast majority of people.