Democratic midterm wave prompts Westminster to weigh how to handle Trump's final two years

Summary

After a Democratic wave in the U.S. midterm elections, officials and commentators in Westminster are asking whether Trump's domestic setbacks could make him more unpredictable on the world stage, and how Britain should handle the last two years of his presidency. POLITICO's Westminster Insider podcast has Patrick Baker speak with Simon McDonald, a former top civil servant at the Foreign Office, on that question.

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1. POLITICO

   6 Nov 2026, 04:00 UTCSource ↗

   POLITICO reports that after a Democratic wave in the U.S. midterms, Westminster is wondering whether Trump's domestic setbacks could make him more unpredictable abroad, and it interviews former Foreign Office top civil servant Simon McDonald on how Britain should handle the final two years of Trump's presidency.