Trump dodged a bullet in Pennsylvania, but he couldn’t escape history on Tuesday. The most loved and hated president in modern times succumbed to the uniquely American tradition of midterm elections, where the electorate almost always exacts repressed revenge against the presidential winner two years prior.
Only in rare circumstances do presidents in power gain seats in the midterms. They almost always lose them. The trend continued yesterday.
Specifically, enough voters soured on Trump because of the unexpected Iran War and the resulting higher gas and diesel prices. The man who was fixing…
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