Trump Is Still President

,,, and he still has an oppositional Congress. 

Brian C. Joondeph | November 9, 2026

That distinction appears lost amid Democrat celebrations and Republican doom and gloom following the midterm bloodbath. Trump still has his veto pen, his bully pulpit, and, most importantly, the constitutional executive authority of his office.

Come January, he will also have an oppositional Congress. So what? He has one now.

The party affiliation will change, but congressional resistance to his initiatives and the agenda will continue unabated. This will be familiar to a president who spent most of his two terms battling his own party. 

The SAVE America Act for electoral integrity is but one example. House Republicans passed it in 2025. It then traveled to the Senate, where it died a slow death. Sure, Democrats could filibuster, but Republicans had no workaround, including modifying or removing the ancient Senate rule. 

Republicans could not work around the filibuster, but less than a day after the midterms, Chuck Schumer danced and weaved when........

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