Day 1,959: knife-edge, carry, recrimination
In what was supposed to be a knife-edge election, Mr Trump carried most of the battleground states.
There will be time for recriminations among Democrats about what went wrong, but the early answer is: almost everything.
Artwork of the day
Working Model for Knife-Edge Two-Piece
Henry_MooreDate:1962Style:Abstract ArtGenre:sculpture
Word of the day
knife-edge: in a difficult or worrying situation of which the result is very uncertain:
carry: to support, keep in operation, or make a success:
recrimination: arguments between people who are blamingeach other:
Quote of the day
“The world balanced on the edge of a knife, slipping, slipping, slipping.”
― Sarah J. Maas, The Assassin and the Empire