Irish Examiner view: Voters deal a blow to Trump

Former President Donald Trump waves after announcing he is running for president for the third time.

As cliches go, they don’t come more ossified through overuse than a week being a long time in politics, but nothing else will do as we survey the shadow cast by the US midterm elections on November 8.

The results of those elections certainly threw a pall over Donald Trump’s announcement this week that he is to run for the US presidency again in 2024.