{"id":25397,"date":"2026-11-04T10:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T10:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/11\/04\/new-york-times-trump-midterm-election-defeat-public-rejection-resignation\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T10:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T10:45:17","slug":"new-york-times-trump-midterm-election-defeat-public-rejection-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/11\/04\/new-york-times-trump-midterm-election-defeat-public-rejection-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times Views Trump\u2019s Midterm Election Defeat as Public Rejection, Urges Resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American newspaper The New York Times, in an analysis of the U.S. midterm election results, emphasized the negative message from the public to President Donald Trump and urged him to step down by recognizing this reality. Thomas Edsall, the author of the article, described Trump\u2019s recent speech tone and behavior as signs of superficial changes and expressed hope that the current president would choose to resign; although, he noted this possibility as unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper criticized Trump\u2019s campaign efforts to influence the election process, including repeated claims of fraud and attempts to restrict mail-in voting, describing these actions as undermining American democracy. Additionally, highlighting Republican defeats in traditionally supportive states such as Kansas, Ohio, South Carolina, and Texas, the analysis underscored a decline in public trust and support for Trump\u2019s approaches.<\/p>\n<p>In another analysis, Edsall examined Trump\u2019s personality and his probable response to the losses, warning that these setbacks might further escalate his confrontational behavior towards his critics. He stressed that Trump is likely to perceive the election defeats not merely as political failures but as serious threats to his position and so far does not consider stepping down as a realistic option.<\/p>\n<p>This analysis was published amid ongoing tensions between Trump and American institutions, with the midterm election results sending a clear message about the public\u2019s view of the current administration\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times views Trump&#8217;s midterm election losses as public rejection, urging the US president to step down amid declining support and rising tensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}