New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- The US midterm election results on Tuesday have dealt a major blow to President Donald Trump and the Republicans, as the Democrats are on track to take control of both chambers of Congress in January. Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis termed the midterm results an 'extinction-level event for Republicans', while Texas Senator Ted Cruz described it as a 'blue tsunami'.

The Republican Party went into the polls without its star crowd-puller, Donald Trump, on the ballot, something that the US President has repeatedly highlighted after the unfavorable results on Tuesday.

80-year-old Trump, who is in his second term as US President, cannot run for office again in 2028, and his deputy, US Vice President JD Vance, a...