Donald Trump has not only won the presidency, his Republican party also has a majority in the US Senate and the House of Representatives. “He can implement his election promises at full speed,” says correspondent Erik Mouthaan.
reported last night that Republicans have won their 218th seat in the House of Representatives, the American House of Representatives. That’s how many seats are needed to control the 435-seat House. Republicans already had a majority in the House.
Senate also Republican
In the Senate, comparable to the Senate, Democrats still had a majority in recent years. After the elections earlier this month, it became clear that they will control the Senate from January. “The Republicans now have full control of parliament,” says Erik Mouthaan.
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Although the Republicans have a majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the dominance is not very great, says Mouthaan. “Trump must therefore ensure that he keeps his party members on board.”
‘Immediately difficult’
For example, the Senate must agree to Trump’s appointments. “That immediately turns out to be difficult because some Republicans are downright negative about a number of his nominations for ministerial positions,” says Mouthaan.
For example, there would be criticism of making Fox News host Pete Hegseth secretary of defense. We also explained yesterday a former suspect as Minister of Justice.
