Description:
The US midterm elections delivered a crushing defeat for the Republicans, and Alex argues this was a punishment vote against Trump over Iran, inflation and gas prices rather than a mandate for the Democrats. Alex also covers Zelensky's surprising admission that Russia is producing too many weapons, the massive Russian missile strikes that plunged Kiev into darkness, Merz's new 11.6 billion euro package, the Tusk tribunal standoff in Poland and Melania Trump's ceasefire push ahead of the Abu Dhabi talks. Will a Democrat Congress change anything in Washington, and who is really behind Europe's strange supermarket freezer hack?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Trump reacts to the midterm defeat
00:00:22 Democrats sweep the House and Senate
00:02:15 A vote against Trump, not for the Democrats
00:04:08 Trump blames everyone but himself
00:05:13 What a Democrat Congress means for Ukraine and Iran
00:07:49 A punishment election and the Starmer comparison
00:09:40 Trump on Iran, gas prices and Russian energy sanctions
00:12:33 Clown world wins and Lindsey Graham's mixed night
00:14:52 Why Trump should have walked away from Project Ukraine
00:17:22 Massive Russian missile strikes leave Kiev in the dark
00:21:27 Zelensky in Germany and Merz's 11.6 billion package
00:25:54 Zelensky admits Russia is not running out of weapons
00:28:54 Tusk, Nawrocki and the constitutional tribunal standoff
00:33:20 Abu Dhabi talks, Medinsky and Melania's ceasefire push
00:38:02 Clown world: Carney, Budanov and the freezer hack mystery