>ANSA-REAL TIME/ The 'blue tsunami' overwhelms Trump's America

A blue tsunami overwhelms Donald Trump's America. In a resounding rejection of the president's first two years, voters chose change and handed the House and Senate to the Democrats, also allowing them to take over Republican stronghold states such as Texas and Kansas. For the president it is a stinging defeat, which makes him a lame duck and largely ties his hands for the next two years.

"My message is: congratulations to the Democrats, we look forward to working with you," the president said, assuring that he would accept the results of the vote. Trump followed the count from the East Room of the White House with his faithful. While the counting was underway but it was already clear that it would be a bad evening for the Republicans, the president expressed his frustration on X: "If my name had been on the ballot I would have won by a landslide." Subsequently he softened his tone, complimenting the liberals for how they fought and extending his hand to them. "We look forward to working with you," he said, assuring that he will not make any changes within his administration after a defeat that "has nothing to do with the government" and which - he admitted - is partly responsible for the war in Iran. But immediately afterwards the tycoon posted a photo on Truth of a red Maga-style hat but with the writing 'Veto' on it.

The candidates personally chosen by the president suffered heavy defeats: Darline Graham in South Carolina threw in the towel against Anni Andrews, and Ken Paxton in Texas against James Taralico, the first dem to be elected to the Senate in the state since 1988. In Texas, a stronghold of the Republicans, the conservative governor Greg Abbott also lost against the Democrat Gina Hinojosa, who will be the first Democrat to lead the state since Ann Richards in the 1990s. The liberals also conquered red Kansas, electing Adam Hamilton, the first Dem since 1932. They also achieved an important success in Maine, where Troy Jackson beat the Republican veteran Susan Collins. In Georgia, Senator Jon Ossoff was reconfirmed and can look forward to the 2028 presidential election with optimism if he decides to run. Keisha Lance Bottoms, elected governor of Georgia, also won.

The first African American in the history of the state. The liberal Xavier Becerra will instead take Gavin Newsom's place at the helm of California.

Important victories that now put the Democratic Party to the test and force it into a showdown between its two souls, the moderate and the progressive. For now, however, everything is postponed and there is only room to rejoice in the face of a victory that they needed to relaunch themselves and definitively put an end to the flop of 2024, from which they never recovered.