Friday, November 06, 2026

Do the US Midterms Mean the End of 'Trumpism'? | BBC Question Time

Nov 5, 2026 | Has the "politics of nastiness" come to an end after the Democrats sweep the House and Senate in the US midterms, and what does this mean for politics in the UK and Europe?

Watch what the Question Time panel from Liverpool said on the audience question: "How will the results of US midterms affect us here?", featuring Labour's Lucy Powell, Conservative Luke Evans, TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak, Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley, and psychologist and ex-NBA star John Amaechi.



These are some of the adjectives that immediately spring to mind when I think of Trump: coarse, vulgar, incompetent, corrupt, self-serving, egocentric, dangerous, treasonous, criminal, childlike, greedy, sex-driven, and dishonest. I could go on. There are plenty more appropriate adjectives to describe Trump. But with this list, you get my drift. The sooner America and the world is rid of that deplorable man, the better! — © Mark Alexander