Democrats regain Congress in US midterms; John Bolton calls result "the beginning of the end" for Trump

Summary

Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton told FRANCE 24 that the US midterm results mark "the beginning of the end" for Trump's stranglehold on the Republican Party. According to FRANCE 24, Democrats regained control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate earlier in the week, which it describes as the Republicans' worst performance since the 1974 elections in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Bolton served as national security adviser during Trump's first term.

Timeline

1. France 24

   6 Nov 2026, 17:26 UTCSource ↗

   In an interview with FRANCE 24, John Bolton, who served as Trump's national security adviser in his first term, called the midterm results "the beginning of the end" for Trump's stranglehold on the Republican Party, and reported that Democrats regained control of both the House and Senate earlier in the week, the Republicans' worst performance since the 1974 elections after Watergate.