TRUMP BLOWOUT EXPECTED

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar is brush­ing aside con­cerns that the De­moc­rats’ sweep­ing vic­to­ries in the Unit­ed States midterm elec­tions could un­der­mine Trinidad and To­ba­go’s re­la­tion­ship with Wash­ing­ton, in­sist­ing that co­op­er­a­tion be­tween the two coun­tries will con­tin­ue re­gard­less of who con­trols the Amer­i­can po­lit­i­cal ma­chin­ery.

The De­moc­rats dealt Trump a sig­nif­i­cant po­lit­i­cal set­back on Tues­day, cap­tur­ing con­trol of both the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives and the Sen­ate in a ma­jor elec­toral re­buke of the Re­pub­li­can ad­min­is­tra­tion.

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The vic­to­ries give De­moc­rats con­sid­er­able pow­er to block leg­is­la­tion, scru­ti­nise the ad­min­is­tra­tion, launch in­ves­ti­ga­tions and chal­lenge Trump’s ju­di­cial and se­nior gov­ern­ment ap­point­ments.