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Ireland"Is Trumpism dead?" Hartcher looks beyond the congressional defeat
The Morning Edition examines the limits on Trump's power, the failure of billionaire-backed campaigns and the choices facing victorious Democrats.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 55,872 views a day, 20 times a normal first day on this channel (2,748).
Is Trumpism dead? What the Democrats sweep to power means for America and the world
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- 0:43Hartcher explains why Trump will need Democratic consent to pass legislation through either chamber.
- 3:16He interprets turnout and Democratic breakthroughs as evidence of American democracy's resilience.
- 8:47The discussion examines landmark victories and Hartcher's argument that billionaire spending failed to determine outcomes.
- 13:33Democrats face internal divisions between moderates and progressives, alongside decisions about future leadership.
- 16:39Addressing the title's question, Hartcher argues that several policies and political tendencies associated with Trumpism have suffered blows.
What can Donald Trump still get done with Democrats controlling both chambers of Congress? Peter Hartcher starts with a practical constraint: legislation will require their consent, even as Trump retains his veto.
"He won't be able to get bills through either house without Democrat acquiescence," Hartcher tells Samantha Selinger-Morris on The Morning Edition, from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
The conversation has drawn more than 55,000 views before its first day is over, roughly twenty times the channel's usual opening-day audience for regular videos. Its question goes beyond who holds the committee chairs: what, exactly, have Americans rejected?
Hartcher reads the result as evidence of democratic resilience, arguing that voters pushed back against polarisation across longstanding Republican strongholds. A Fox News excerpt supplies a striking change of tone, with Trump congratulating Democrats and talking about his friendships across party lines.
The episode reaches its central question about Trumpism late in the discussion. Rather than treating it as a coherent doctrine, Hartcher examines its component parts. He argues that right-wing populism, military adventurism and elements of Trump's economic approach have suffered substantial blows, both in America and abroad.
He also turns scrutiny towards the Democrats. Their immediate task, he says, is to navigate differences between moderates and progressives and choose future leaders. Winning congressional control leaves those arguments to be resolved, not erased.
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- Channel views, last 7 days
- 673,455
- Channel views, pace per day
- 52,117 (on a normal day: 107,946)
- Video published
- November 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 55,341 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 55,872
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Who hosts this episode of The Morning Edition?
Samantha Selinger-Morris hosts the conversation with Peter Hartcher.