Why Vladimir Putin will lose out from the US midterm elections

The Kremlin had pinned its hopes on a red wave it believed could end US support for Ukraine, but after disastrous results Republicans are likely to be consumed with infighting.

Michael Hirsh

Nov 10, 2022 – 1.00pm

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The wacky, wildly fluctuating needle of American politics appears to have tipped back toward sanity. Trumpism took a serious blow in the still-emerging US midterm election results, but former US President Donald Trump himself is almost certain to stick around and vie for the 2024 nomination – to the lament of many Republicans. That, in turn, all but guarantees serious GOP infighting over the next two years leading up to the 2024 presidential election.

And what this means is that while Republicans battle among themselves, US President Joe Biden is likely to have a freer and stronger hand to conduct foreign policy than many people suspected before the election – no matter how the final results shake out.

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