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Ryan Bridge: The world's on Trump temper tantrum watch

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Thu, 5 Nov 2026, 6:18am
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The world is now officially on Trump temper tantrum watch. 

So far, he's been relatively gracious about the absolute thumping the Dems handed him.

What happened last night has only happened three times since WWII, both the House and Senate flipping parties.

The big losers are Republicans, the more MAGA the more damage, Pete Hegseth (look out) and Elon Musk. 

Musk pumped half a billion American bucks at candidates from a party that has now lost control of the law-making agenda. 

Tesla and SpaceX shares are down this morning. Buts are clenching over the Democrats running the ruler of AI companies and spending, and Musk's merger. 

Meanwhile, the race to replace Trump starts today. 

Marco Rubio and JD Vance are the front runners, but Trump's influence now will wane. 

Popularity is power. Trumps has taken a massive punch in the guts. 

What do we care? Petrol. The war. 

Trump is so far taking this graciously, by Trump-standards, but if he wants to lash out and go bananas, he remains Commander-in-Chief.

He's lost Congress, but could re-start the war, not just with Iran but our wallets. 

Going quietly into the night is not really Trump's style.

We should be preparing for a meltdown and praying for a miracle. 

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