Is Trump testing the limits of US power?
Video Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds 25: 00.
Video Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds 25: 00.
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With weeks to go before US midterm elections, are President Donald Trump's policies helping or hurting his Republican Party?
Host Steve Clemons asks The Hill's Niall Stanage and Politico's Irie Sentner regarding the fortunes of both major United States parties – Republican and Democrat – in the upcoming November 3 local elections.
Stanage argues that the Trump administration's conversion of the US-Iran war into an economic war is meant to take the matter out of the limelight, at least until the election is over.
But the war, and the rising rates it has caused, are weighing heavily on the minds of voters, argues Sentner. Published On 31 Aug 202631 Aug 2026.
Taken together, the developments around is Trump testing the limits of US power? Point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.
