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Will Trump’s lame duck presidency push him further beyond constraints of the law?

Global Published 14 November 2026, 16:00 · archived 14 Nov 2026

Midterm elections have defanged the US president – leaving critics to worry about his next move in his ‘fat Elvis’ stageIt was just before 3am when Donald Trump entered a crowded Manhattan ballroom, greeted by chants of “USA! USA” and theme music from the Hollywood film Air Force One. On stage, two red “Make America great again” (Maga) caps were mounted in glass cases like holy relics.That was the scene 10 years ago this week when Trump, a businessman and reality TV star, stunned the world by beating Hillary Clinton to the White House. A decade later an unlikely president is serving an unlikel...

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