Thread: US Midterm Elections 2026
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Re: US Midterm Elections 2026
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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
Don't remember the USA starting that one...
No, Ukraine started that one, didn’t they? Didn’t they?

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Originally Posted by Paul View Post
Pretty much sums it up.
JD is only partially right. The war itself didn’t help, but it was the consequences of it, which was the real problem. But I also think that a lot of Americans took a good hard look at just what was going on in Washington, the incompetence, the corruption, the mega-rich (including Trump) getting ever richer, the feeling that ordinary Americans don’t count and a President more concerned about his own personal aggrandisement, and sticking his name on everything he can than looking after the interests of the people.

I think that a lot of Americans saw this and decided, ‘no’, this is not us, this is not how the USA is supposed to be. And voted accordingly.
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