NEW Party Group Deputy Chairman Gökhan Günaydın made a statement regarding the Democrats gaining the majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives, according to unofficial results in the US Congressional midterm elections.
Stating that the US people clearly vetoed Trump's policies, Günaydın said, "The American people confirmed that Trump was the loser of the Iran war. The failure to produce any meaningful results despite the heavy attacks carried out and the heavy economic cost of the war to the American people caused Trump to foot the bill. In addition, the merchant diplomacy carried out in close cooperation with Putin in the Ukraine-Russia war was also vetoed by the citizens."
Regarding the consequences of the election results in terms of US-Turkey relations, Günaydın said, "Despite all the heroism at the NATO Summit, it seems very difficult for the Trump administration, which was unable to pass a decision on CATSA sanctions from the Congress when the Republicans were in the majority, to make these decisions with the Democratic majority."
Günaydın underlined that there are serious lessons to be learned for AKP President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from the results and said, "This means that foreign policy does not run on personal relationships! This means that 'deep state' designs can be helpless against the veto of the citizens. This means that enthusiastically being a party to the Mecca Agreement written in the Trump-Netanyahu scenario can turn into a bomb that explodes in one's hand. This means that those who cannot get approval from their own people attempt to disperse it." legitimacy has no validity!” he said.
Günaydın's full statement is as follows:
"The American elections resulted in a major defeat for the Republicans, with clearer margins than predicted in the polls.
Particularly in states such as Texas and Kansas, the victory of democratic candidates after a very long time is important as it shows the gravity of the defeat suffered by the Republicans.
Although Trump tried to alleviate the heavy defeat by saying "I was not on the compass", the truth is exactly the opposite.
Although state policies are also of some importance, the open veto of the American people was precisely Trump's policies. In other words, contrary to his rhetoric, since Trump was on all ballots, the margins widened in the states, the House of Representatives and the Senate.
It can be considered that there are two main reasons for this great objection to the second Trump era, regarding domestic and foreign policy.
Let's start with foreign policy: The American people have confirmed that Trump is the loser of the Iran war. The fact that no meaningful results were produced despite the heavy attacks carried out and the heavy economic cost of the war to the American people caused Trump to foot the bill. In addition, during the Ukraine-Russia war, merchant diplomacy carried out in close cooperation with Putin was vetoed by the citizens.
Looking internally, the period that replaced institutionalization with individual arbitrariness became the second biggest cause of objection for ordinary citizens who were accustomed to the routine of the American system and considered it a guarantee.
Now Congress is a lame duck for two months, until the beginning of January 2027, and Trump for two years, until the end of 2028.
This position will have consequences for Türkiye. First of all, despite all the fanfare at the NATO Summit, it seems very difficult for the Trump administration, which was unable to pass a decision on CATSA sanctions from Congress when the Republicans were in the majority, to make these decisions with a democratic majority.
More than that, it seems that the tendency that tries to design the entire Middle East together with Netanyahu has suffered a very serious wound in America and a significant, though not so much, wound in Israel.
The fate of the designs specifically aimed at Iran needs to be questioned.
There are serious lessons to be learned here for Erdoğan:
This means that foreign policy does not run on personal relationships!
This means that "deep state" designs can be helpless against the citizens' veto.
So, enthusiastically taking part in the Mecca Agreement written in the Trump-Netenyahu scenario could turn into a bomb exploding in one's hand.
This means that the legitimacy that those who cannot get approval from their own people attempt to distribute has no validity!”
