US midterm voting puts T&T’s ties with Trump in focus

As the world watched with bat­ed breath for the out­come of yes­ter­day’s Unit­ed States midterm elec­tions, po­lit­i­cal com­men­ta­tors warned that Trinidad and To­ba­go’s close re­la­tion­ship with the Trump ad­min­is­tra­tion could come un­der greater scruti­ny in Wash­ing­ton if De­moc­rats gained con­trol of Con­gress.

All 435 seats in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives and 35 of the Sen­ate’s 100 seats were up for grabs, while vot­ers in 36 states al­so elect­ed gov­er­nors.

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Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia ahead of the re­sults yes­ter­day, po­lit­i­cal com­men­ta­tor and poll­ster Dr Mwale Hen­ry warned that a shift in con­gres­sion­al con­trol could trig­ger in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to US mil­i­tary op­er­a­tions in the Caribbean, po­ten­tial­ly rais­ing ques­tions about Trinidad and To­ba­go’s in­volve­ment.