Irish Examiner view: 'Trump age' may be ending

US elections

Men wear MAGA-like hats that read "Make America's street safe again" at a Minnesota GOP election night party at Minneapolis on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Picture: Kerem Yucel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP

Mid-term elections in the US can be interpreted as a referendum on the performance of the president of the day, but if they are then they tend to be predictable.

For decades the party with a man in the White House almost always loses seats in either the House of Representatives or Senate — often both — which makes it difficult for the President to get his legislation through Congress.