# America is heading for two years of constitutional brinkmanship

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/america-is-heading-for-two-years-of-constitutional-brinkmanship/
- Published: 2026-11-04T12:22:55+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T14:12:44+00:00
- Original publisher: Al Jazeera (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/11/4/america-is-heading-for-two-years-of-constitutional-brinkmanship?traffic_source=rss
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Trump may seek temporary deals with Democrats on shared priorities.
- The article predicts clashes over executive power and Iran.
- Congress could use spending limits to constrain military action.

## Summary

The article argues that a Democratic-controlled Congress will not simply produce gridlock with President Donald Trump. It predicts a volatile mix: Trump may strike temporary, issue-by-issue deals with Democrats where their priorities overlap, while using executive powers when negotiations fail.

The author expects the sharpest constitutional conflict to concern foreign policy, particularly Iran. Democrats may try to restrict or defund military action through the War Powers Resolution of 1973 and Congress’s control of spending; Trump, the article argues, would claim broad authority under Article II to act without congressional approval. The supplied text ends mid-sentence, so it does not include the article’s full discussion of the constitutional stakes.

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