US Midterm Elections: Lesson For Nigeria

 By Ikechukwu Amaechi

It was, to borrow former U.S. President Barack Obama’s word, a “shellacking” for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party on Tuesday – a damning verdict on his presidency.

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On November 3, 2010, Obama, the then U.S. President, famously used the word during a White House press conference to describe his party’s heavy losses in the midterm elections. In what many considered as “a rare display of vulnerability,” Obama not only spoke openly about the Democratic Party’s drubbing, but also took responsibility for the “humbling” losses in an election that was a referendum on his then two-year presidency. But his experience was not peculiar.

Trump’s Victory, The True Colour Of Democracy

 By Ikechukwu Amaechi

On Wednesday, November 6, Donald Trump, the 45th U.S. President, pulled off what, to all intents and purposes, is an extraordinary political comeback – an exceptional feat that has catapulted him once again to the enviable position of the president-in-waiting. On January 20, 2025, he will take another oath of office as the 47th U.S. President.

When Americans went to the polls on Tuesday, November 5, to elect President Joe Biden’s successor, the odds weighed against Trump. Here is a president who was impeached twice during his presidency, refused to accept electoral defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol before vacating the White House and was subsequently convicted of felony charges.