American midterm elections are always a form of referendum on the administration and the incumbent president. This time the partial exams they were also a moment of truth for the former. In fact, Donald Trump sponsored many candidates before the vote, dreaming of a Republican tidal wave in the new Congress and at the head of the States to facilitate a return to the White House.
Disappointing results for the party, close to billionaire defeated in key states, spectacular re-election of his rival Ron DeSantis as governor of Florida: Tuesday night did not live up to Donald Trump’s expectations.
Strong protests are already being heard against him, even within his movement. And Donald Trump has lost so much shine that a medium that, however, is historically linked to him, did not hesitate to make fun of him on the cover of its edition this Thursday: the New York Post.
“Can the Party pick up the pieces?”
In fact, the New York tabloid is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also owns the conservative Fox News television network. And so far he had never failed the billionaire, even very officially endorsing him since the 2016 campaign.
The position taken this time is quite different. On the first page, we see Donald Trump, his huge, egg-shaped face encased in a skimpy shirt-and-tie ensemble, sitting on a low wall outside a residence that appears to be modeled on his Marlin estate. to the girlfriend. Everything is accompanied by a biting title and a legend.
“Trumpty Dumpty,” proclaims the headline, a paragraph that expands: “Don (who failed to build a wall) took a big fall: can Republicans pick up the pieces?”
The newspaper rolls for DeSantis
It is a parody of an ancient folk rhyme, very familiar to the Anglo-Saxon public, starring a character usually represented in the form of an egg: “Humpty Dumpty was sitting on a wall, Humpty Dumpty made a great fall, all the king’s horses And all his men couldn’t round up Humpty Dumpty.” This laughable character also appears in the Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol.
In fact, the investment of New York Post date of the previous day. On Wednesday, in fact, he celebrated on the front page the triumph of Republican Ron DeSantis in Florida. The governor, who could be Donald Trump’s rival in 2024, appeared there with his wife and children, in front of a star-studded banner unfurled in the background.
Title? a play on words, a little light but very clear: “DeFUTURE”.
Source: BFM TV
