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Donald Trump speaks as lights are reflected off a bulletproof screen during a campaign rally at Pitt-Greenville Airport in Greenville, North Carolina, on 20 October 2026. Photograph: Evan Vucci/Reuters
Donald Trump speaks as lights are reflected off a bulletproof screen during a campaign rally at Pitt-Greenville Airport in Greenville, North Carolina, on 20 October 2026. Photograph: Evan Vucci/Reuters
Will Trump’s lame duck presidency push him further beyond constraints of the law?

Midterm elections have defanged the US president – leaving critics to worry about his next move in his ‘fat Elvis’ stage