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The US midterm election results indicate sweeping victories for the Democratic Party, which has regained control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Republican bastions, including Texas, saw historic flips, with Democrat James Talarico defeating Ken Paxton, alongside upsets in South Carolina, Kansas, North Carolina, Ohio, and Iowa. Economic factors, primarily high inflation, rising household costs, and the domestic financial fallout of the Iran war, contributed significantly to the Republican losses. Donald Trump-backed candidates, including Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio, suffered defeats across key races. While Donald Trump stated that Republicans would have won had he been on the ballot, he indicated a readiness to accept results and work with Democrats. Simultaneously, Indian American Democratic candidates achieved notable victories, including Pia Dandia in Florida, Suhas Subramanyam in Virginia, Aruna Miller in Maryland, Pramila Jayapal, and Ro Khanna. The Democratic congressional majority provides legislative oversight powers over the administration, with potential implications for bilateral ties and trade policies affecting India.
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00:00Hello and welcome. Good evening. You're joining us live here on India Today for our mega two-hour broadcast
00:06focusing on the U.S. midterms and the results that have come in.
00:10I've transported myself to the Capitol Hill, which has been captured by the Democrats.
00:15It's a blue tsunami, if you will, that stunned Donald Trump and the Republicans.
00:20Over the next two hours on the special broadcast, we're going to be decoding for you what it took,
00:25what were the factors that worked against Trump and how the U.S. president is blaming everyone around him,
00:31every factor around him, but himself, saying if I were on the ballot, we would have still won.
00:35We'll get you all of those reactions and also break down for you what this means for the rest of
00:41the world,
00:42including for us here in India. Donald Trump is stunned.
00:46The world is watching very, very closely to see what really this means and the repercussions.
00:51So you're with us on the special broadcast. We've got the best of the best coming to you with their
00:57expert analysis.
00:58Our in-house experts will weigh in on what they think are the big headlines of this loss of fees
01:05for Donald Trump,
01:07or like we're calling it Donald Trump.
01:10Democrats poised to take control of both houses of Congress through a series of sweeping victories in the U.S.
01:17midterms.
01:17The voters have delivered a thorough rebuke to President Donald Trump.
01:21They've ousted Republicans in contests up and down the ballot in what was considered to be safe seats for the
01:27Republicans.
01:28Always red is now bleeding blue.
01:31U.S. media reports that Democrats have won back control of the House of Representatives.
01:37Now, the halfway mark is at 218 of the 435.
01:43As far as Donald Trump is concerned, he's posted a picture of a cap with just a word, veto, written
01:49on it,
01:50and said he was going to become a political pundit,
01:53analysing the reasons behind the Democrats' victory in the midterm polls,
01:56but has also said, I will work with the Democrats.
01:59At this point, he really doesn't have much of a choice.
02:01He's acknowledged the upcoming power of shift in Washington.
02:05Multiple interviews that he's given to American media, to the New York Times,
02:08Trump said that he was absolutely willing to accept the results and prepared to work with Democrats.
02:14But there were some big, big upsets that even the Republicans didn't see coming.
02:19One of those is Texas.
02:21A red state has now turned blue.
02:24We'll break down all of that for you, state by state, the big surprises.
02:28But let me first run you through all of the takeaways of this Trump verdict.
02:34Why is it that there's been this mandate against Donald Trump?
02:38That's how you see it, essentially, these midterms.
02:40But first, rising prices and cost of living hurt Republicans.
02:45Inflation is at an all-time high in America.
02:48It's the biggest factor.
02:50The economy inflation has been the biggest factor in this midterm.
02:53And Donald Trump has tried to paint a rosy picture.
02:56Clearly didn't work.
02:57And all of this ultimately is due to the war in the Gulf, the Iran war,
03:02a decision taken by Donald Trump.
03:04The cost of that domestically, in India we've seen it,
03:07it's hurt America too.
03:08That dented the Republicans' chances.
03:11Donald Trump, in an interview, also has said that maybe it's the war that's cost him
03:15and cost the Republicans this midterm.
03:17Tough policies failed to override several concerns.
03:21And while, in fact, there was attempts made to kind of do damage control,
03:26it didn't really work.
03:27And that's why even Republicans, hardcore Republicans, have switched to Democrats,
03:32many say, to teach Donald Trump a lesson.
03:34Economic inequality, household costs rising non-stop,
03:39where things were becoming unaffordable, housing was becoming unaffordable.
03:43All of that played out against the Republicans.
03:47Trump's low approval became a campaign liability.
03:51Trump is the face of the Republicans.
03:53Usually, you'd think, is an asset, in this case a liability,
03:56because that's the face that Americans associated with inflation,
04:00with the Iran war and other aspects that have affected them as well.
04:05Now, the Trump-backed candidates who also suffered key defeats.
04:08These are people who Donald Trump personally campaigned for,
04:11who are his personal picks.
04:13They've also lost out.
04:15Think Vivek Ramaswamy as well.
04:17And we'll get you his reaction in just a bit.
04:20The Democrats also gained congressional oversight power.
04:23What does that mean?
04:24Well, at this point, with control of both houses of the Congress,
04:28the House of Representatives and the Senate,
04:30what that means is that they can step in on every aspect of what's on Trump's agenda,
04:35on governance.
04:36They've breached Republican strongholds as well.
04:39Georgia, Texas, to name a few, are some of those big, big upsets
04:43that even the Republicans didn't see coming.
04:46And I'm not just talking about the Senate here.
04:48It's also in the gubernatorial picks, in the governors, that you see that change.
04:53Republican support has eroded among voter groups.
04:56And this is a big headache for Donald Trump.
04:58Because what this means is that even your core vote bank
05:01not sticking with you at these difficult times.
05:04And they've decided to switch.
05:06Now, have they permanently switched?
05:07That's a big question mark.
05:08But there is clearly an attempt here to send out a message to Donald Trump.
05:12Voters have demanded greater oversight of Trump.
05:15What this does is it creates a layer of supervision, a layer of monitoring.
05:19Look, as much as we can say Donald Trump, he's still the president,
05:23he's still the executive, he still has powers.
05:25But what this does, of the Democrats having control in this manner,
05:29is that there is a layer of oversight, of supervision,
05:32that Donald Trump cannot bulldoze his way through
05:34with whatever he wants to do, with whatever legislation,
05:37or whatever agenda he has.
05:39That's the overlaying message here.
05:41I mentioned how there are several of Trump's closest states,
05:45closest picks, who have also been snubbed, rejected by the voters of America.
05:51One of those considered to be one of the big upsets is that of Vivek Ramaswamy.
05:55Listen in to what he said.
05:58It was a tough and challenging night for Republicans across the country,
06:03and it is a tough night for us here in Ohio.
06:06It was a tough race.
06:08It was bitter at times in both directions.
06:12I would be incomplete if I didn't tell you that I had some serious concerns
06:19about the future direction of our country.
06:23There's no voiding that.
06:26But I do believe that there have been many ups and downs in our country's history,
06:31but we have, in the end, still found our way upward.
06:34And I have confidence that sometimes these things happen for a reason.
06:41Okay, so that was Vivek Ramaswamy conceding defeat.
06:45Pranay Upadhyay is joining us live.
06:47He's been tracking the results from early this morning.
06:51It's been a long day, Pranay.
06:52Most projections did say it would go this way.
06:55But, you know, I think we can go ahead and call this a blue tsunami.
06:59And very clearly, a vote against Donald Trump.
07:04You know, it's a midterm where people were saying
07:06that this is essentially a yay or a nay for him.
07:09And I think the messaging was very clear.
07:10This isn't so much about Democrats' strength,
07:12but rather about a negative for Trump, yes?
07:15You're absolutely right, Akshita.
07:17This is being seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump himself
07:22and the policies he is pursuing in the United States.
07:26And, in fact, if you see the metadata or, you know, in greater detail,
07:31you can see that how 20 House seats held by Republicans were flipped by Democrats.
07:37How eight Republican senator seats, they have lost and they lost to Democrats.
07:42So this is how the power shifted.
07:43And, in fact, you mentioned about Texas.
07:45Texas is the most interesting story of this midterm election
07:49because the Republicans have lost their bastion.
07:52After four decades, they have lost both governor seat as well as their Senate seat.
07:57So this is something very big which has happened.
08:00And, in fact, North Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, in fact,
08:04these are very interesting results delivered by the American voters.
08:07And this is basically rejection of many of the Trump policies.
08:11And, in fact, the Republican Party is bearing the brunt
08:14of what President Donald Trump is trying to do.
08:16And, in fact, I'm sure there will be rumbling inside the Republican camp now.
08:22And there will be a few more voices coming up.
08:25And, in fact, you know, President Donald Trump has to face many of his critics
08:29from within the party as well now.
08:32You know, Pranik, can I request you to stay with me?
08:34Because there are so many headlines that emerge from these midterms,
08:37so many faces.
08:38You know, you mentioned Texas.
08:40James Tallarico is one of those who managed to win Texas, a Democrat.
08:44Nobody ever thought that was possible.
08:46Abdul El-Sayed was someone who faced a lot of communal hate from Donald Trump
08:50who said that, you know, now we'll have to ensure metal detectors,
08:53who said, I can't pronounce his name, and so many other taunts like that.
08:56Let's get you some of their reactions on how they've chosen to respond
09:00after winning in their seats.
09:03We just took back Texas.
09:09We just proved that all the money in the world
09:13is no match for the people of Texas.
09:21We just showed that a politics of division
09:25is no match for a politics of love.
09:33And we just sent a message
09:36to every billionaire megadonor,
09:38every trillionaire megadonor,
09:43every corrupt defender
09:46of this broken political system.
09:48In this state,
09:49in this country,
09:51power belongs to the people.
09:54J.D.
09:58Khabibin.
10:01There is this delicious irony
10:04in the fact that
10:06you're constitutionally obligated
10:08to swear me in in January.
10:14Against all odds,
10:16we Democrats
10:17have won the Senate.
10:21And we have five words
10:24for the American people.
10:25Relief
10:26is on
10:27the way.
10:28We understand
10:30that this election,
10:31a dramatic change election,
10:33means that the American people
10:35are crying out
10:36for transformational change.
10:38We hear you,
10:40we see you,
10:41we feel you,
10:42and House Democrats
10:43are committed
10:44to making life
10:46better for you.
10:48I still believe
10:49in the promise
10:50of South Carolina
10:51and the greatness
10:51of America.
10:53Tonight was not the result
10:55any of us
10:56wanting in this room
10:57or around the country,
10:59but we cannot
11:00exit the fight.
11:02This is a tough cycle,
11:04and all of us
11:05need to be involved
11:06as we chart
11:07a path forward.
11:09We knew that
11:10the chaos
11:10and corruption
11:11in Washington
11:12were hurting
11:13our people.
11:14Today,
11:15you said,
11:16this has to stop.
11:22And as your
11:23new United States
11:24Senator,
11:31I am ready
11:32to take that message
11:34to Washington
11:35and work
11:36to do something
11:37about it.
11:41All right,
11:42yeah,
11:43it would have been
11:44easier for us
11:45to just complain
11:46and watch
11:47from the sidelines,
11:48to shake our heads
11:50and turn away.
11:51It would have been easier,
11:53but it wouldn't
11:54have been right.
11:56Thank you,
11:57Georgia!
12:00Georgia,
12:01you did it!
12:04In sweeping
12:05and decisive
12:07victories,
12:10the American people
12:12have rebuked
12:14the depravity,
12:15corruption,
12:16and incompetence
12:17of the failed
12:18lame-duck
12:19President Donald
12:20J. Trump.
12:28And if at times
12:30these last two years,
12:33amidst the ceaseless
12:35onslaught
12:36of brutality
12:37and indecency,
12:38you doubted
12:39whether our republic
12:40would survive,
12:41let tonight's results
12:42give you courage
12:43that the first light
12:44of dawn
12:45is on the horizon.
12:50To every American
12:51disappointed
12:52by tonight's results,
12:53I mean,
12:54I'm disappointed too,
12:55but we are never
12:56discouraged,
12:57okay?
12:57Because we live
12:58in the greatest nation
12:59in the world.
13:01Listen,
13:02this election
13:03was always about
13:03much more than
13:04just one policy
13:05and red team
13:06versus blue team.
13:07It was about
13:07whether we're going
13:08to preserve
13:08and strengthen
13:09the American experiment
13:10or we're going
13:11to hand our country
13:12over to far-left
13:13radicals
13:13who have captured
13:14the Democrat Party.
13:15The battle
13:16for our country,
13:17that battle
13:18against this
13:19insurgent socialist
13:20movement
13:21and the battle
13:21to restore
13:22American greatness,
13:23none of that
13:24is over in any way.
13:26In fact,
13:26I'm going to tell you
13:27right now,
13:27that fight
13:28has just begun
13:29for our generation,
13:30okay?
13:30We will win
13:31that fight
13:32for America.
13:34So the Democrats,
13:35they're hailing
13:35this victory,
13:36saying this is
13:36a generational change.
13:38I mean,
13:39we'll have to
13:40hold our horses
13:40on that.
13:41This is a midterm
13:41and usually
13:42it's always against
13:43the incumbent.
13:44Does this mean
13:44that there's a
13:45complete mandate
13:46to sweep against
13:47Donald Trump
13:48in the elections
13:49that will come up
13:50in two years from now?
13:51Too early to say.
13:53But one aspect
13:53while we're having
13:54this conversation
13:55about the midterms
13:56and who's won
13:56is that there's been
13:57a lot of curiosity
13:58here in India
13:59about the Indian-Americans
14:00who've done exceedingly
14:02well in this midterm.
14:03We're going to see
14:04quite a bit of
14:05representation
14:06of Indian-Americans
14:07really in the Senate.
14:09Let me break down
14:10why I'm saying that.
14:11There is,
14:12of course,
14:12Pia Dandia.
14:13You may have heard
14:13of her already
14:14going viral since.
14:15As a Democrat
14:15has won
14:17Florida's 22nd district.
14:19So she's going
14:19to be the first
14:20Indian-American
14:20elected to
14:21Florida's house
14:23delegation.
14:23A huge deal.
14:25And Pia Dandia
14:26has pulled it off.
14:27In fact,
14:27right after
14:27in her victory speech
14:28said she owes it all
14:30to her family.
14:31Suhas Subramanian,
14:33he's supposed
14:33to be in the spotlight
14:34as well.
14:35Again,
14:35Democrat re-elected
14:36from Virginia's
14:3810th district.
14:38Secured a second term
14:40with about 63%
14:42of the vote.
14:43So he's not someone
14:44who's new to the spotlight,
14:46new to the headlines,
14:47but has managed
14:47to hold his own
14:48as a Democrat.
14:50Aruna Miller,
14:51another Democrat,
14:52has been re-elected
14:53as Maryland's
14:54lieutenant governor.
14:56And she's someone
14:57who's always been,
14:58in fact,
14:58in the headlines
14:59as a face
14:59for the Democrats
15:00in Maryland.
15:03Pramila Jaipal,
15:04again Democrat,
15:05against someone
15:06who's already been
15:07in American politics
15:08in the power circle,
15:09has retained
15:10Washington's
15:117th district
15:11with 87% votes.
15:14But Washington,
15:14not really surprising,
15:15it is a blue stick.
15:17Rokhana,
15:18Democrat,
15:19against someone
15:19who speaks also
15:20very vocally
15:21about Indian Americans'
15:23rights,
15:23about Hindus'
15:24rights in America,
15:25has been re-elected
15:26from California's
15:2717th district.
15:28Ami Bera,
15:29a Democrat,
15:30in California's
15:313rd district,
15:33with about 60%
15:34of votes right now.
15:36We'll have to see
15:36if that changes.
15:37Ami Shah,
15:38another Democrat,
15:40is in fact leading
15:41in Arizona's
15:421st district
15:42with 55% of votes.
15:44These are two areas
15:45where we're still
15:46seeing some of the
15:47results trickling in.
15:48But Pranay,
15:49I'll bring you in
15:49on this.
15:50All of these
15:51Indian Americans
15:52that we're talking about,
15:54there's a lot of
15:55chatter about them,
15:56a lot of curiosity
15:57about them,
15:57but what I can't help
15:58but note
15:59is all of them
16:01are bleeding blue,
16:03are Democrats.
16:06Absolutely.
16:06You noticed it
16:07absolutely right
16:08and you pinned it
16:09absolutely right.
16:09But if you see,
16:11traditionally,
16:12Indian Americans
16:13have been considered
16:13as the Democrat voters.
16:15What shifted
16:16in the last few years
16:17was President Donald Trump,
16:19his approach towards India,
16:20events like
16:20Howdy, Modi,
16:22Namaste Trump,
16:23Bonhomie,
16:24between India
16:25and President Donald Trump.
16:26That made some kind
16:27of shift
16:28and that's why
16:28you see names
16:29like Vivek Ramasamy
16:30representing Republican camp.
16:34That's why you see
16:34many other names
16:35and in fact,
16:36Puneet Aluvalia
16:37also contested,
16:38though he lost
16:38from Virginia,
16:39but he also contested
16:40the election
16:41and many Indians
16:41are tilted towards
16:43the Republican Party.
16:44But now we can see
16:45in the last two years,
16:46President Donald Trump's
16:47approach towards India,
16:49the penal tariffs,
16:50his approach
16:51and his attitude
16:53towards Operation Sindhu
16:54and all those things
16:56contributed
16:57and also
16:58the H-1B visa policy,
17:00the anti-immigration policy
17:01and also in a state
17:02like Texas
17:02where a large number
17:03of Indians are there
17:04and that is the reason
17:05why, you know,
17:06event like Howdy, Modi
17:07was hosted
17:08in the city of Houston
17:10and that is the reason
17:11where we have seen
17:12a large number
17:13of, you know,
17:14anti-immigrant,
17:15anti-Indian
17:16or, you know,
17:17hate campaigns
17:19being run
17:20by some of
17:22the Republican faces there
17:23and that is the reason
17:24why, you know,
17:25you see that
17:26a large number
17:27of Republican
17:29people from
17:30Indian American origin
17:32have lost
17:33and a large number
17:33of Indian Americans
17:35representing blue
17:37from the Democratic Party
17:38have won that election
17:39or managed
17:40to save their seats.
17:42Interesting, but, you know,
17:44at this point
17:44you look at some
17:45of the big faces
17:46for the Republicans,
17:47Indian Americans
17:47like Vivek Ramaswamy
17:49lost, Democrats
17:50the same big faces
17:52have managed to win
17:53so there will be
17:54that contrast
17:54that everyone
17:55will highlight.
17:56Pranay, just one more aspect
17:57before we let you go
17:58which is a point
17:59that you made earlier
18:00on Texas.
18:01I want to put
18:01the spotlight briefly
18:02on why this is
18:04such a big deal
18:05that Texas
18:06for the first time
18:07since 1980s
18:08has turned blue.
18:10This is known
18:11to be a Republican state.
18:13It's known
18:13to be extremely conservative
18:15and the fact
18:16that even Texas
18:17has turned blue
18:18tells you really
18:19what is the messaging
18:20that the people
18:20of America
18:21want to give
18:21to Donald Trump.
18:23Now, the Democrats
18:24have actually swept
18:25both the governor
18:26and the Senate races
18:27in Texas
18:28so it's not a fluke
18:29it's not a one-off
18:30the Elon Musk factor
18:31has also backfired
18:33here in Texas.
18:35It hasn't worked
18:35in their favor
18:36so we're putting out
18:37those pointers
18:37on our screens as well.
18:39There's a growing
18:40anti-immigrant sentiment
18:41that the Republicans
18:42tried to kind of
18:43put the spotlight on
18:45failed to deliver.
18:47That didn't work.
18:48Another campaign
18:48Drill Baby Drill
18:49you've heard that
18:50several times
18:51from Donald Trump
18:52that pitch
18:53has not worked.
18:54This is a state
18:55where in fact
18:57it's all about oil
18:58and yet this
18:59Drill Baby Drill campaign
19:00that pitch
19:00did not work
19:02it fell flat.
19:02the data center promise
19:04also failed
19:05to win over voters.
19:06The number one issue
19:07very clearly
19:08was inflation
19:10was the rising costs
19:11and even the Texans
19:12were not immune
19:13to that.
19:15Pranay,
19:15is this
19:16you know
19:16something that
19:17is winds of change
19:18sweeping through Texas
19:19or do you think
19:20that it's just because
19:21of the current scenario
19:23that even Texans
19:23said look
19:24he needs a reality check?
19:27Akshita,
19:28what the message
19:29Texas has delivered
19:30is considered
19:31as a tectonic shift.
19:32What has happened here?
19:33Who lost
19:33and who won?
19:35So basically
19:35Jem Stellariko
19:37who won
19:39he's a 37 year old
19:41school teacher.
19:42His message
19:42his campaign message
19:43was what?
19:44Texas is not for sale
19:46and he lost
19:47he won against whom?
19:49Mr. Paxton
19:50Ken Paxton
19:51is a sitting
19:52attorney general
19:52of the United States.
19:54In fact
19:54the Texas message
19:55is very loud
19:57very clear
19:58that it's
19:59it's basically
20:00common people
20:01versus the billionaire
20:02the kind of
20:03money pumped in
20:04by billionaires
20:06like you know
20:06Elon Musk
20:07trillionaires
20:08like Elon Musk
20:09and that's why
20:09that is the reason
20:10he in his
20:11you know
20:11victory speech
20:12he mentioned
20:12about the amount
20:13of money
20:13pumped in
20:14by trillionaires
20:15in Texas
20:15but the people
20:16of Texas
20:17have voted
20:18you mentioned
20:18about the hate
20:19campaign
20:19against the immigrant
20:20that has also
20:21delivered a message
20:22in Texas
20:23you mentioned
20:23about you know
20:24the governor seat
20:25the senate seat
20:26both lost
20:26by the republican
20:27party
20:27then that is
20:28that is the reason
20:29why you know
20:30the republican party
20:31has all the more
20:32reasons to reflect
20:33upon this Texas message
20:34what has actually
20:35happened here
20:36that many republican
20:37seats they have lost
20:38they have lost
20:38to democrats
20:39many red seats
20:40have turned blue
20:41not only in Texas
20:42many other states
20:43as well
20:44but that is the reason
20:45why Texas message
20:46is being seen
20:47as a larger message
20:48from the people
20:50of the United States
20:51referendum
20:52on Trump policy
20:53be it the message
20:54of you know
20:55the oil policy
20:56politics
20:57because ultimately
20:58you know
20:59Texas is the beneficiary
21:00of the oil politics
21:01because it has
21:03large oil resources
21:04but the Trump
21:06Trump's policy
21:07regarding oil
21:08has backfired
21:09because the gasoline
21:10prices are up
21:11which has its own
21:12cascading effect
21:13in the United States
21:14and which resulted
21:14into the price rise
21:16and fixing the economy
21:18has become a big issue
21:19as far as this
21:20midterm election
21:20is concerned
21:22okay
21:22Pranay
21:23you know
21:24let's just focus
21:24we've spoken of Texas
21:25there are several
21:27other such states
21:28that have thrown up
21:28big big surprises
21:29so let's focus
21:30on the six
21:31big flips
21:32as we've put it out
21:33Texas of course
21:34as Pranay highlighted
21:35Democrat James Tallarico
21:36defeating Paxton
21:38considered to be
21:39a big big deal
21:40South Carolina
21:41you have Annie Andrews
21:42defeating Darlene Graham
21:43again in fact
21:45that came as a
21:46big surprise
21:46in Kansas
21:47a Democrat
21:49defeating Roger
21:50Marshall
21:51historic
21:52in Kansas
21:53a red state
21:54you've never seen
21:55really the Democrats
21:56in power
21:56for I cannot remember
21:58for decades really
21:59North Carolina
22:00again historic
22:01because Roy Cooper
22:02has defeated
22:03Michael Watley
22:04Ohio
22:05you've got the Democrats
22:06once again on top
22:07defeating John Husted
22:09you had
22:09Sherrod Brown
22:11coming
22:12essentially coming to power
22:13in this particular state
22:15in Ohio
22:16then in Iowa
22:17Democrat
22:18Josh Turek
22:19defeating
22:19Ashley Hinson
22:21so a lot of
22:22big big upsets
22:24there for Donald Trump
22:25and what's very clear
22:26Pranay
22:27is that Donald Trump
22:28is not going to take
22:28the fall for this
22:29he's saying
22:30if I were on the ballot
22:31this would have
22:33become red
22:33this would have
22:34remained red
22:35we'd have won more
22:37obviously this is
22:38this Trumpian style
22:39to shrug off
22:40the responsibility
22:41but obviously
22:42you know
22:42people are talking
22:44within the Republican Party
22:46you know
22:46I was talking to
22:47some of my Republican
22:48friends there in
22:48United States
22:49and they said that
22:50you know
22:50obviously
22:50the party will
22:51think about it
22:52that whether
22:53Trump is an asset
22:54or a liability
22:56and also
22:57you heard
22:57Vivek Ramasamy
22:58in his speech
22:59he said that
22:59this gives
23:00all the more reason
23:01for us
23:01that what went wrong
23:02and how did it
23:03go wrong
23:04so these are
23:04all the reasons
23:05but you see
23:06the kind of messaging
23:07which is being put out
23:08by President Donald Trump
23:09on one side
23:11on social media
23:11post
23:12he has posted
23:13a picture
23:13of a red
23:14MAGA cap
23:15with a veto
23:16written on it
23:17they're clearly
23:18trying to give out
23:19a message
23:20that you know
23:20he's still the
23:21President
23:21nothing has
23:23changed for him
23:24and he can still
23:25exercise his veto power
23:27so this is the kind
23:27of message
23:28but on the other side
23:29he's also trying
23:29to give out
23:30a reconciliatory message
23:31that he's ready
23:32to work with the
23:32Democrats
23:33because ultimately
23:34what is at stake
23:35because there are
23:36chances
23:36there are indications
23:37that Democrats
23:38if they have majority
23:40which they are already
23:41having right now
23:41they can take it
23:42to the impeachment
23:43of President Donald Trump
23:45and that will bring
23:46a lot of trouble
23:46for President Donald Trump
23:47though
23:48removal of President
23:49Donald Trump
23:50from White House
23:51that kind of number
23:53Democrats
23:54do not have
23:55in Senate
23:56because for that
23:57you need 67
23:58Senate seats
23:59and that kind
24:00of power equation
24:01or that kind
24:01of number equation
24:02is still not there
24:03in the Senate
24:04but definitely
24:04impeachment
24:05or subpoena powers
24:07going into
24:08into the personal
24:09dealings
24:09business dealings
24:10of President Donald Trump
24:11can certainly
24:11make things difficult
24:12for President Donald Trump
24:13in the next two years
24:16Okay
24:16it'll be interesting
24:17to see really
24:18how Donald Trump
24:19moves forward now
24:20is he going to be
24:21as boisterous
24:23as he has been
24:24with some of his moves
24:25is he going to continue
24:26bulldozing
24:27the way he has
24:28he most definitely
24:28cannot afford to do it
24:29in the House anymore
24:31or in the Senate
24:32for that matter
24:32so things definitely
24:33change for him
24:34he'll have to concede
24:35ground a bit
24:36and that could also
24:37mean repercussions
24:38on how he's taken
24:40up issues
24:41geopolitically
24:42and otherwise
24:43as well
24:43including on issues
24:44like tariffs
24:45which means that
24:46India also
24:46could see the impact
24:48of these midterm
24:49results
24:49which is something
24:50that will be interesting
24:51to watch out for
24:52Pranay
24:53you know
24:53how much power
24:54does the House
24:54of Representatives
24:55does the Senate
24:56actually have
24:57to be able
24:58to let's say
24:59create an impact
25:00on India
25:03you know
25:04as far as
25:05India's case
25:05is concerned
25:06India always enjoyed
25:07their bipartisan support
25:08both in Democratic camp
25:10as well as
25:10in Republican camp
25:11and you can recall
25:12Akshetta
25:12you and I
25:13also had a discussion
25:14when President Donald Trump
25:16announced a penal tariff
25:17against India
25:18and in fact
25:19you know
25:19people from
25:20either side of the aisle
25:21Democrats
25:22leaders
25:23as well as
25:23the Republican leaders
25:24advised President Donald Trump
25:25that India is a relationship
25:27in which
25:27you know
25:28there was
25:28not only bipartisan support
25:30but successive administrations
25:31have invested
25:32in this relationship
25:33and this is the relationship
25:34which needs to be
25:35handled well
25:36this needs to be
25:37taken care of
25:38and I think
25:39that President Donald Trump
25:41also paid heed
25:42to some extent
25:44to that relationship
25:45but this
25:46voter verdict
25:47this midterm election result
25:49has also advised him
25:51or rather
25:51you know
25:52gives him
25:52a reason
25:53to be reminded
25:54that you know
25:55he should take care
25:56of the relationship
25:57well
25:57bilateral trade agreement
25:59is pending
25:59also
26:00you know
26:01President Donald Trump
26:02would be requiring
26:03or he would be looking forward
26:05for more reliable friends
26:06and India
26:07if you see the trajectory
26:08of India-US relation
26:10of past 26 years
26:12we have seen
26:13that there is a consolidation
26:15there is a
26:16there is a strong bond
26:17between these two countries
26:18be it a defense relationship
26:19so we can see
26:21some kind of
26:21course correction
26:22if this is so
26:24if the message
26:25given by the Indian-American
26:26voters
26:27in the United States
26:28in this midterm election
26:29is heard well
26:30in White House
26:31then also
26:32all the more reason
26:33for President Donald Trump
26:34to you know
26:36disempre this election
26:37well
26:37and also
26:38to pay heed
26:40to those advices
26:41because India
26:41has always been
26:43a reliable
26:43and trustworthy
26:44strategic partner
26:45for the United States
26:46and you know
26:47this relationship
26:48need to be handled well
26:50more about really messaging
26:51for Donald Trump
26:53does he see the writing
26:54on the wall
26:54is the question
26:55thanks very much Pranay
26:56for joining us
26:57with your analysis
26:58of this US
27:00midterm result
27:02Donald Trump
27:03will of course
27:04be putting it
27:05on each candidate
27:06saying very clearly
27:07I'm not taking the fall
27:08for this one
27:08if I were on the ballot
27:09he says
27:10we would have won this
27:11but ultimately
27:12this is a reality check
27:13for the US president
27:15and