Midterm elections have defanged the US president – leaving critics to worry about his next move in his ‘fat Elvis’ stageIt was just before 3am when Donald Trump entered a crowded Manhattan ballroom, greeted by chants of “USA! USA” and theme music from the Hollywood film Air Force One. On s tage, two red “Make America great again” (Maga) caps were mounted in glass cases like holy relics.That was the scene 10 years ago this week when Trump, a businessman and reality TV star, stunned the world by beating Hillary Clinton to the White House. A decade later an unlikely president is serving an unlikely second term. But in the wake of a humiliating vote of no confidence in last week’s midterm elections, he now enters an endgame wracked with uncertainty. Continue reading... ...read more read less