Morning Briefing Plus: My America is back – and it's shaking up the stock markets

“My America” is the name of a song by Philipp Poisel. I like the song because I like America. It's about a country of vastness, new beginnings and freedom. An America whose diversity, beauty and yes, even abysses, I have experienced on countless trips.

I haven't heard the song for a long time. The country had become too foreign to me lately. A feeling that grew stronger with Donald Trump's second term as US President.

But now it's back, my America! The “blue wave” swept the entire country in this week’s midterm elections. The Democrats won a majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate. My colleagues analyze that this was more than a reckoning with the policies of an unpopular president: “The election was an uprising against shameless corruption, a senseless war and inflationary tariffs.”

It is a victory for democracy and against arbitrariness. And Trump? The president quickly turned his flag to the wind and let it be known that he would get along with the Democrats. He surprised me once again, and pleasantly so. I hope that Trump's MAGA Republicans don't revolt against the election results after all.