What Trump losing power over Congress means for Iran, Ukraine and foreign policy
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With Democrats taking control of both houses of Congress, U.S. President Donald Trump could intensify his focus on foreign policy in his final two years in office, while facing greater scrutiny over the wars in Iran and Ukraine, experts told CNBC.
Democrats will have a Senate majority and won control of the House, giving them greater scope to scrutinize the administration, shape spending and challenge Trump's foreign-policy agenda.
"We are going to see a president that is somewhat constrained on matters of oversight and investigation, but on foreign policy, he does still retain a lot of latitude," Laurel Rapp, director of Chatham House's U.S. and North America Programme, told CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe."
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