There was a massive disconnect between what Trump was telling Americans on their television screens and what they were experiencing in their everyday lives.
[I]t is a sign of life and societal health that Trump and his spineless, cowardly, anti-intellectual, yes-men troop of unqualified reality deniers suffered the most resounding midterm defeat for a governing party in over 50 years.
There was a massive disconnect between what Trump was telling Americans on their television screens and what they were experiencing in their everyday lives.
Officials and institutions in both countries, across all fields and at every level, must follow through on the important understandings reached by the two presidents.