Al Jazeera English's The Listening Post presents the US midterm elections as a historic defeat for Donald Trump and the Republicans. The programme says Trump and the Republicans are struggling to put a positive spin on the result. It argues, in commentary, that Trump's narrative about Iran was unconvincing and contributed to the loss. This brief reports the programme's framing, not the election result itself. Seat totals for each chamber and any response from Trump or the Republicans are not detailed in the information available.
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Al Jazeera English programme describes US midterms as historic defeat for Trump and Republicans
The Listening Post says Trump and his party are struggling to put a positive spin on the result
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- Al Jazeera English's The Listening Post calls the midterms a historic defeat for Trump and the Republicans.
- The programme says they are struggling to put a positive spin on the result.
- It argues, in commentary, that Trump's Iran narrative was unconvincing and contributed to the loss.
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- Al Jazeera EnglishHow Trump’s unconvincing narrative on Iran lost him the US midterms