Martin Wolf on the US midterms: What’s at stake for the world? artwork
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Martin Wolf on the US midterms: What’s at stake for the world?

Oct 24, 2026 · 31:48

As Americans prepare to vote in the November 3 midterm elections, FT chief economics commentator Martin Wolf asks what the result will mean for Donald Trump, the future of US democracy and America's place in the world. In the second of a six-part series of interviews with leading historians and political analysts, Martin speaks to Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author Anne Applebaum abou…