Dan Dungaciu downplays Trump’s defeat / The AUR leader says the president does not automatically become a “lame duck”

Dan Dungaciu, AUR’s first deputy chairman and an outspoken supporter of Donald Trump, sought on Wednesday to downplay the significance of the defeat suffered by the U.S. president and the Republican Party in the midterm elections.

Republicans lost control of the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as several governorships. In a statement, however, Dungaciu argued that Trump does not automatically become a “lame duck” and that reports of the president’s “political death” are “greatly exaggerated.”

The AUR leader argued that losses suffered by the party in power in midterm elections are a common phenomenon in American politics. He nevertheless acknowledged that the result could affect Trump’s ability to govern, advance his legislative agenda and prepare for the next presidential contest.

Dungaciu also argued that losing Congress does not automatically deprive Trump of influence. According to him, facing a Democratic majority could allow the president to return to his image as an opponent of the Washington establishment. Dungaciu is the author of a pro-Trump book, “Trump’s America vs. Soros’ World.”