The US midterm elections are a vote not only on the make-up of Congress and the final two years of Donald Trump’s presidency, but also on the kind of future Americans want for their country, according to a Handelsblatt commentary. The article says most of the roughly 210 million registered voters are expected to cast ballots on Tuesday.
Two years into Trump’s second term, the commentary argues, his aims and those of his allies are clear. It describes a vision in which political power overrides legal constraints, pointing to claims that the president and federal agencies have disregarded court rulings while deporting people, cutting down old trees and building ballrooms.
The article also criticizes what it calls the president’s and his family’s enrichment through his office. It depicts a country where the defense secretary wants to broadcast an execution live, political allegiance rather than citizenship documents determines who counts as American, autocrats are courted and allies threatened, and the president enters a war without a strategy or congressional consultation.
The commentary says Trump’s most devoted supporters remain with him despite widespread opposition to his policies. If his candidates lose, it argues, the result would raise a question the president may not welcome.
Sources: Handelsblatt.