Ryan Bridge: The midterms won't save the world from Trump

News alert for anyone who thinks the US midterms will save the world from Trump: they won't.  

The guy can still start wars and raise tariffs without Congress approval. He did so last year and this year.  

Losing the House to Democrats means funding gets harder and legal problems, but it's not a brick wall for the Presidential impulses that most affect us, the rest of the world.  

Latest polling shows a majority of his own supporters are unhappy with the state of the economy.  

Diesel prices are up 70% in America since the start of the war.  

Any impeachment move would be symbolic, as two-thirds of the Senate would need to agree to it. So, that's unlikely, unless he goes off the reservation in a major way. Like, even more major for Trump.  

The big worry is Iran. JD Vance has been back channelling comms to the Supreme Leader.  

The Supreme Leader is sending hints about diplomacy over missiles. That's dropped the price of oil in the last 12 hours.  

But it's just talk.  

The Wall Street Journal reckons the top US commander in the region has been briefed on options for resuming the war after the midterms. Trump's made no decisions.  

But that decision will be his to make as Commander in Chief no matter the outcome of Tuesday's vote.