Iranians celebrate Democrat victory in US midterms
Iranians celebrated the US midterm results as a victory for Iran, after US President Donald Trump acknowledged the Republicans’ crushing defeat was partly due to the war. Now, attention turns to whether a Democratic majority in Congress can challenge Trump’s military decisions.
US President Donald Trump attributed Thursday’s stock market freefall to the electoral victory of his rival Democratic Party in midterm elections earlier this week. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform after US markets closed for the day.
Member-elect of the Georgia House of Representatives (District 43) in the United States, Solomon Adesanya, has explained how the struggles facing American residents, including high tariffs and the cost of living, played a major role in the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections. “We first started with this tariff war, and what you would find is when the president increased the tariffs on Canada and Mexico — one of our strongest allies by way of NAFTA — we’re hurting Americans, and Georgians were suffering that the cost of living had shot up in an unbelievable fashion and, added to the war in…
Please help today if you are able Betsy Reed is US editor of the Guardian Over the past two years, millions of people all over the world have watched Donald Trump’s destructive reign unfold with one question in their minds: Is there no check on his power? From Texas to Ohio to South Carolina, Americans surged to the polls to register their opposition to Donald Trump – and to show their support for the kind of leaders who will look out for the interests of everyday people rather than those of a corrupt ruling elite.
The president seems to accept this is his last White House stint and is focused on renovating whatever he can get his little hands on As you’d expect, the right is in a shambles right now. Donald Trump, meanwhile, seems to be going through his own idiosyncratic grieving process about the Republicans’ historic midterm beating.
The Democrats have gained new powers to constrain Donald Trump. With a potential three-way meeting with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping mooted for the Apec summit in China this month, Ukraine, Taiwan and others have reason to be nervous.
Barring divine or other intervention, Donald Trump will remain in the Oval Office for a further two years and 10 weeks. The defeats of Trump allies in Serbia and Brazil were delicious appetisers, but this was the feast.