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Midterm election defeats have not derailed US presidents' consequential foreign policies, historians tell VOA


Midterm election defeats have not derailed US presidents' consequential foreign policies, historians tell VOA
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With Democrats set to take control of both houses of the U.S. Congress in January from President Donald Trump’s Republican Party, he will start his final two years in office with weakened power at home. But history has shown that presidents whose parties suffered midterm defeats went on to make...

With Democrats set to take control of both houses of the U.S. Congress in January from President Donald Trump’s Republican Party, he will start his final two years in office with weakened power at home. But history has shown that presidents whose parties suffered midterm defeats went on to make consequential decisions for war and peace. VOA White House correspondent Michael Lipin reports.

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