“Lame duck”, “blue wave”, “total disavowal”: the international press analyzes Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2026 midterms

The defeat, which is expressed in the international press in cataclysmic meteorological metaphors, has a face. From the United States to India, via Tehran, Buenos Aires and London, the clear defeat suffered by the Republicans in the midterms this Tuesday, November 3 is the responsibility of Donald Trump.

“A total disavowal of the MAGA movement,” writes the Guardian; a “blue wave” in the polls which turned into a “tsunami” for El País; “a clear and clear repudiation of the twenty-two months of policy” of the President of the United States judge in our columns Adrien Jaulmes; “a resounding snub,” observes the Wall Street Journal across the Atlantic. In Iran, the pro-power daily Tehran Times quips: “Let’s call it Operation Hammer of the mid-term elections”, in reference to Operation Midnight Hammer, launched in June 2025 by the United States and Israel against Iranian nuclear facilities…

“Frustration”