# Trump’s midterm meltdown

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9 outlets covering · First listed: The Economist, Nov 9, 2026, 4:02 AM · Read it: <https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2026/11/09/trumps-midterm-meltdown>

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 9, 2026, 4:02 AM: [Trump’s midterm meltdown](<https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2026/11/09/trumps-midterm-meltdown>) — The Economist (Magazine, United Kingdom)
  A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
- Nov 10, 2026, 5:00 AM: [Trump's 2028 successors are already fighting over who to blame for GOP midterm wipeout](<https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/10/trump-vance-rubio-republican-desantis-midterms.html>) — CNBC (Business & finance, United States)
  JD Vance, Marco Rubio and Ron DeSantis offer competing explanations for the GOP's midterm defeat as Trump keeps his potential successors guessing.
- Nov 10, 2026, 12:43 PM: [Trump's first Iran war escalation post-midterm losses seeks to choke off Tehran’s trade](<https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-first-iran-war-escalation-post-midterm-losses-seeks-choke-off-tehrans-trade>) — Fox News (TV network, United States)
  President Donald Trump launches Task Force Iron Gate to choke off Iran's land borders, but experts warn squeezing Tehran could trigger escalation.
- Nov 10, 2026, 4:43 PM: [Trump is losing his grip on the media — and other key midterm lessons](<https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMigAFBVV95cUxQbnQtU0FMRG9WUlh6NVEyMTlEdi1xSGZldnd2TUt4SzN2aGFpdWtQZm1zdzJWWHdUUi10TFlCN2dLY2JyQjg5eTdBNk5NTnFMNHlCbWk3VVFRWEVfRnRnbkFKSDRhOTA0cTM0eE5oYm00b3FNS1BJYzllcXhzcUlqLQ?oc=5>) — CNN (TV network, United States)
- Nov 10, 2026, 8:21 PM: [White House Cabinet official expected to depart amid Trump staff shake-up after midterm losses](<https://www.ms.now/news/white-house-cabinet-secretary-midterms-staff-departure-changes>) — MS NOW (TV network, United States)
  Meghan Bauer, who heads the Office of Cabinet Affairs, is expected to depart the White House at the end of the year.
- Nov 10, 2026, 11:03 PM: [ICE arrests haven't slowed despite Trump's misgivings after the GOP's midterm rout](<https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/immigration-arrests-unabated-despite-trumps-050303779.html>) — Yahoo News (Digital news, United States)
  It’s business as usual for President Donald Trump's deportation offensive despite the Republican wipeout in the midterm elections. In Los Angeles, masked immigration officers in body armor blocked a hospital emergency room driveway in a heavily Latino neighborhood early Saturday. In central Alabama, twin 19-year-old brothers from Venezuela were arrested while driving back to college a day after the election. Advocates reported arrests from California to Michigan to Massachusetts. After Democrats trounced the GOP and won control of the next Congress, Trump said his immigration crackdown may…
- Nov 11, 2026, 12:02 AM: [Analysts weigh how Democrats’ midterm wins could shift Trump’s Latin America policy](<https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxNX0hsME9NcFlwTEJBeEktZWpZRi1NUUk4MmRsczhMTnA4dWRPUG9EbVV3clg3Umtnb2hObzFweGNyV2luc2dHU044X1Y3SUpwM0VFTTlKWFhONHZObXptYTF0X1ZyQlFrWHcxY1kxSjVVZlYwY2swQzlmS2FPeVNwOXRueE82aDZKS3g4S2c0Qk9vMkhGRkZsb2NSVDBKNDFETWtySC1NTm81UQ?oc=5>) — AP (Wire service, United States)
- Nov 11, 2026, 8:20 AM: [After the US midterms, Palantir CEO Alex Karp pivots toward Democrats, describing his philosophy as "progressive" and praising Trump for saying ICE went too far (Politico)](<https://www.techmeme.com/261111/p29>) — Techmeme (Aggregator, United States)
- Nov 11, 2026, 9:41 AM: [Almost half of MAGA Trump supporters call movement a loser in midterms: Survey](<https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6213245-politico-poll-maga-gop-defeat/>) — The Hill (Newspaper, United States)
  Nearly half of MAGA supporters say their movement was a loser in the midterms, according to a new poll. In a new poll from Politico, 45 percent of MAGA supporters of President Trump said the movement was the loser in last week’s election results, while 59 percent of respondents overall said the same. Thirty-four percent…
