After the wipe-out to the Republicans and Donald Trump and his administration by voters in the Midterms last week, initially conciliatory utterings came from the US president.
Despite boasting of his power to veto Democrat-sponsored legislation, would he now be far humbler and more attuned to the electorate's midterm judgement?
Joining Philip Clark for the ABC's Nightlife program was Bruce Wolpe, Senior Fellow at the United States Studies Centre.