Trump lost the House, but he lives to fight – and lie – another day | Jonathan Freedland

The president suffered a slap in the face from voters but midterm results are not the total repudiation of Trumpism that many hoped for

A useful rule for the Trump era is, listen to what the man says – and then believe the opposite. On that logic his tweet of self-congratulation in the early hours, praising himself for his “tremendous success” in Tuesday’s midterm elections surely suggests abject failure. And there is plenty of evidence to support that conclusion.

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