After two years of Donald Trump’s political excesses, international belligerence, domestic authoritarianism and shameless service to the billionaire oligarchy, the American electorate has delivered a resounding verdict.

The Republican Party has suffered a historic electoral defeat, with the Democrats regaining control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the Nov 3 midterm elections.

This is more than an ordinary midterm setback. It is a powerful rejection of the Trump presidency and the politics of intimidation, division, militarism and oligarchic privilege that have characterised his second term.

Trump repeatedly invited Americans to treat the election as a referendum on his presidency. Well, the American people have obliged him!