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What could happen if Donald Trump loses US midterm elections?

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France 24What could happen if Donald Trump loses US midterm elections?
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Americans head to the polls on Tuesday in pivotal midterm elections, with Democrats hoping to seize control of Congress and impose the first significant checks on Donald Trump's second term in the White House. But what could happen in the United States if…

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