Donald Trump will assume the US presidency with absolute control over the Legislature. Republicans manage to maintain a very slim majority in the House of Representatives, the Associated Press reported this Thursday. The seats that are being dyed red – the color of the Republican Party – in Colorado and Michigan, as well as the two in Pennsylvania, already guarantee exceeding the majority of 218. Added to the control of the House is the control they have already recovered in the Senate, which means control of the entire Legislature.
In contrast, the Democrats only have 208 seats secured. Even if the Democrats managed to take all the seats within their reach, they would have 213 seats.
The victory of the Republicans in both chambers – Congress and Senate – is the latest blow to the Democratic Party, which since last week has been plunged into a deep crisis after seeing how Kamala Harris lost against Trump in all the key states (including the blue wall, as happened to Hillary Clinton in 2016), but also in the popular vote –72.4 million compared to 75.5–.
The result predicts two very dark years for the Democrats, until the mid-term legislative elections in 2026, and the reverse is a Trump with the legislative apparatus at his disposal and a Supreme Court with a conservative majority. In the Senate, the Republicans now also hold a majority of 53 deputies, three more than the minimum 50.
Even if it was by a very narrow margin, the victory in the House of Representatives still gives more strength to the speaker Mike Johnson, who during his term as president of the Lower House has faced attacks from the most extremist sector of the Republican caucus. When he decided to move forward with the vote on the military aid package for Ukraine and Israel, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a loyal Trump supporter, unsuccessfully introduced a motion to impeach him.
Despite having been harshly criticized by the most Trumpist sectors of the party, the truth is that Johnson enjoys a good relationship with Trump. This morning, during a meeting with Republican legislators, the now president-elect praised Johnson, referring to him as “a tremendous guy.” Without a doubt, victory in the House of Representatives will still improve Trump’s perception of Johnson.
The result in the Legislature is known on the same day that Trump visited the White House to meet with the outgoing president, Joe Biden. The Democrat has restored the tradition that the Republican broke in 2020, when he lost against Biden and refused to accept the results. The meeting, which lasted more than two hours, was “cordial” and involved an “exchange of points of view” between the two leaders, as explained by the White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre later. .
Parallel to the meeting between Biden and Trump, Republican senators have also carried out the vote to elect the new leader, the majority of the Senate. Until now, the position was held by Democrat Chuck Schumer, since the Democrats had control of the House.
The Republican senator from South Dakota, John Thune, 63 years old and moderate in profile, will be the new majority leader. Thune is one of the few new positions after Trump’s victory who is not part of the now president-elect’s most staunch sector. In fact, Thune has defeated the Trump candidate, Florida Senator Rick Scott.
Now, just because he is not a full-blooded MAGA does not mean that Thune is not in charge of putting the Senate under Trump’s orders. Recently, on the Fox channel he defended the need to carry out the magnate’s electoral promises so as not to disappoint voters. “If we do not comply with President Trump’s priorities, we will lose his support,” he said. “They have entrusted us with their votes. Now we have to roll up our sleeves and get to work,” he urged.
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