Trump faces new political reality as Democrats vow investigations

WASHINGTON, Nov 5: President Donald Trump was left to grapple on Thursday with the stinging rebuke from voters after a midterm election rout, while triumphant Democrats vowed to lower prices and combat the "cartel" within the White House in the new Congress.

Trump faces a radically transformed and hostile political landscape after Democrats seized both the House of Representatives and the Senate in Tuesday's midterms.

The result was a personal humiliation for the 80-year-old Trump, leaving him as a lame duck president for the remaining two years of his term and signaling an end to his stranglehold on the Republican Party.

Vice President JD Vance publicly split with Trump over the Iran war a day after the vote, saying the conflict was the "reason we lost" as he distanced himself from the unpopular war ahead of a possible 2028 White House run.�" AFP