🚨What happens if Trump loses the House and Senate? Clinton & Obama already set precedent. They weren’t done at all in their last 2 years. Victor Davis Hanson explains: Clinton fell to 37% approval but left office at about 66%. In between, he was impeached but not convicted and bombed Serbia for 78 days without Congress. Obama’s approval fell to 38% and still left office near 60%. He bombed Libya in 2011 without Congress, ran hundreds of drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, and started bombing ISIS in Iraq and Syria in 2014 without a new vote. He said “I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone,” and skipped the Senate on the Iran deal and Paris. Low approval and a hostile Congress didn’t finish them. For both, it was the best thing that ever happened to them in some ways.
— Cecile Shaw (@CecileShaw) November 4, 2026
…Clinton fell to 37% approval but left office at about 66%. In between, he was impeached but not convicted and bombed Serbia for 78 days without Congress.
Obama’s approval fell to 38% and still left office near 60%. He bombed Libya in 2011 without Congress, ran hundreds of drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, and started bombing ISIS in Iraq and Syria in 2014 without a new vote. He said “I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone,” and skipped the Senate on the Iran deal and Paris.
Low approval and a hostile Congress didn’t finish them. For both, it was the best thing that ever happened to them in some ways.
