虽然唐纳德·特朗普的失败显而易见，但中期选举对其任期最后两年的影响仍不确定。民主党能否影响这位共和党总统的国内政策并重新引导其国际议程？他们能否让他下台？还是说相反，特朗普能继续按其意愿施政，绕过国会？
While Donald Trump's defeat was clear, the consequences of the midterm elections for the final two years of his term remained uncertain. Could the Democrats influence the domestic policy of the Republican president and redirect his international agenda? Could they remove him from office? Or, on the contrary, could Trump continue to govern as he wishes, bypassing Congress?
以下是《世界报》在11月3日中期选举报道期间，针对读者发来的最常见问题给出的回答。此次选举中，民主党重新夺回了众议院和参议院的控制权。特朗普现在是否无法行动？
Here are the answers to the most frequently asked questions sent to Le Monde by readers during our coverage of the November 3 midterm elections, which saw the Democratic Party regain control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Is Donald Trump now unable to act?
并非如此。“他不是一位瘫痪的总统，”图卢兹-让·饶勒斯大学共和党史专家弗朗索瓦丝·科斯特警告说。在美国，民选总统在中期选举中受挫是常见现象，罗纳德·里根、比尔·克林顿和巴拉克·奥巴马均曾经历此事。这些挫折促使他们更倾向于谈判。
No. "He is not a paralyzed president," warned Françoise Coste, a historian of the Republican Party at the University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès. In the United States, it is common for the elected president to be punished in the midterm elections, as was the case for Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. These setbacks led them to favor negotiation.
但美国宪法也允许总统通过行政命令立法以绕过国会，这是一种无需国会批准的紧急立法手段。自2024年以来，特朗普已动用此权力200多次，无论是降低柴油税，还是将安大略湖更名为“美国湖”，即便当时他拥有多数席位。
But the US Constitution also allows the president to bypass Congress by legislating with executive orders, an emergency legislative measure that makes it possible to do without congressional approval. Trump has already used this more than 200 times since 2024, whether to lower diesel taxes or to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America," even though he had a majority.