Will losing US midterms see Trump double down or signal beginning of the end?

Tuesday’s US midterm election is both hugely consequential and not so consequential even as the world waits to see the American voters’ verdict on Donald Trump’s presidency – and the impact that verdict will have on his temperament, plans and possible petulant response, analysts and former government officials said.On the one hand, an expected strong showing by opposition Democrats could bring more Congressional scrutiny over some of the most unconventional, maximalist and disruptive policies generated by an American president in the nation’s 250-year history.At the same time, he is not on the ballot and little is likely to change structurally. No matter who wins or how reinvigorated lawmakers become, Trump will almost certainly retain his ability to block legislation that challenges his agenda.