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The Spanish analyst's post-midterm assessment puts living costs alongside the struggle over Trump's remaining powers and both parties' future candidates.
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- 0:56Palacio interprets Miller's appointment as a signal that Trump intends to harden his administration's policies.
- 2:29Executive orders and pardons feature among Trump's options before the new Congress takes office in January.
- 4:14Palacio considers mutual obstruction and selective cooperation between Trump and the incoming legislature.
- 6:26Vance, Rubio and DeSantis are discussed as possible Republican contenders for the 2028 presidential nomination.
- 8:46Democrats face a strategic choice between moderate candidates and the progressive current associated with Bernie Sanders.
- 10:38Palacio argues that living costs and affordability were important influences on Americans' voting decisions.
Donald Trump and a Democratic-controlled Congress could obstruct each other, but Vicente Palacio also sees room for agreements on particular issues. His post-election assessment turns on a practical question: whether confrontation will leave space to address the costs weighing on American households.
Speaking to RTVE Noticias, the news service of Spain's public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española, Palacio examines the period before the new Congress takes office in January and the more constrained presidency that could follow. He is introduced as director of foreign policy at Fundación Alternativas, a Spanish policy foundation.
The interview, titled "¿Hacia dónde va ahora Estados Unidos? | RTVE Noticias" ("Where is the United States heading now?"), distinguishes Trump's immediate options from his longer-term relationship with lawmakers. Before January, the discussion identifies executive orders and pardons as avenues still available to the president. Afterward, Palacio considers both mutual obstruction and cooperation, arguing that Trump will have to change course on some matters.
That does not mean Palacio expects an overall shift toward moderation. He interprets Stephen Miller's appointment as White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles, as an early signal of a harder line, particularly on immigration and foreign policy.
The conversation then looks beyond Trump. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ron DeSantis feature as possible Republican presidential contenders for 2028, not declared nominees. On the Democratic side, Palacio examines the choice between moderate candidates and the progressive current associated with Bernie Sanders.
His closing emphasis is less about personalities than household priorities. Palacio argues that affordability helped shape the vote, with the cost of living, healthcare and education central to the choices facing the electorate.
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Palacio is introduced as Fundación Alternativas's director of foreign policy.