Hail, gladsome morn!
Waking up to find Trump trounced induced a heady sense of schadenfreude. But while he is down, he is far from out. His well-deserved and long-overdue drubbing at the hands of the US electorate is far from spelling the end of MAGA politics. It seems highly unlikely Trump will go quietly and he still has another two years in office during which to wreak more havoc, at home and abroad. N ow Americans have had the chance to vote on his legacy their disenchantment has unquestionably led to his emerging as the lamest of lame duck Presidents. But he still has plenty of scope for making mischief and his record to date suggests he will avail himself of it to the full. After he has had time to recover from the shock of his ignominious defeat at the polls he will inevitably bounce back - and when he does he will be vengeful. That makes it incumbent on the Democrats in Congress to use their newfound majority in both houses to exploit his unaccustomed discomfiture. It will, though, be an...