[SBS News Briefing]
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■ Broadcast: SBS News Briefing, Monday–Friday (14:00–15:20)
■ Host: Park Jin-ho, Editorial Writer
■ Panelists: Cho Han-bum, Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU); Lee Hyun-sik, Senior Reporter at SBS
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● 2026 U.S. Midterm Elections
Lee Hyun-sik / SBS Senior Reporter
"Trump leaning toward accepting defeat... leaning toward a landslide victory for the Democrats"
"Failure of the Republican inflation management policies over the past two years"
"Democrats unlikely to push for Trump's impeachment even if they control both chambers of Congress"
"Voters expressing frustration over Trump's 'fraud and corruption'"
"Difficult to ease AI regulations even if Republicans win"
Cho Han-bum / Senior Research Fellow, Korea Institute for National Unification
"Not 'Shy Trump,' but 'Angry Trump'"
"Trump's 'autocratic' state administration... dealt a heavy blow to the economy"
"Trump is like a human disaster... shocked to the extent of a 'blue tsunami'"
"It should be seen as a crushing defeat for the Republican Party... they must be engulfed in a sense of helplessness"
"Trump wants a victory in the war with Iran... standing at a crossroads of negotiations and uncertainty"
"On security issues, South Korea is in a situation where it can neither laugh nor cry"
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