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Donald Trump deals in superlatives, so there is political karma in the sheer size of the defeat handed to him by a big majority of the voters of America.
But do not expect him to go gentle into the political twilight of his career. Losing both houses of the US Congress limits his capacity to dictate, manoeuvre and disrupt at home.
Abroad it is likely to be different.
As president of the United States and commander-in-chief of its armed forces he retains broad powers to use America's military might.
