美国议员、评论员和白宫正在描绘在周二的中期选举后，民主党接管国会以及特朗普时代之后的局面可能会是怎样。
US lawmakers, commentators, and the White House are mapping out what a Democratic takeover of Congress — and a post-Trump era — could look like after Tuesday’s midterms.
奈特·西尔弗在接受埃兹拉·克莱因采访时表示，如果民调可信的话，民主党大幅胜利可能会使美国总统唐纳德·特朗普成为“超级跛鸭”，并可能触发一项特朗普在2020年败选后设法阻止的继任程序；而共和党明确的失利可能会削弱副总统 JD·范斯2028年的竞争机会。
If polls are to be believed, then a sweeping Democratic victory could render US President Donald Trump a “super-lame duck,” forecaster Nate Silver told Ezra Klein, potentially triggering a succession process that Trump managed to stave off following his 2020 defeat; a definitive GOP loss could hurt Vice President JD Vance’s 2028 chances.
民主党已经在为对特朗普政府的调查奠定基础，而特朗普政府已花数月时间策划此类调查以及推进特朗普议程的方式，包括“他可能在哪里推动权力的界限”，一位白宫官员对路透社说。
Democrats are already laying the groundwork for investigations into the Trump administration, which has spent months planning for such probes and for ways to advance Trump’s agenda, including “where he could push the limits of his authority,” a White House official told Reuters.