Mid-term elections: Trump says, ‘The stock market’s crashing? It’s the Democrats’ fault.’ Rubio and Hegseth close ranks
Trump’s mid-term debacle sends the markets tumbling. Following Wall Street, Tokyo also takes a nosedive. The US President blames those who voted for the Democrats. Rubio denies he intends to step down. Hegseth: ‘Impeachment didn’t work with Trump and it won’t work with me’
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Kushner: ‘Here are our five objectives for European security’
Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump and his chief negotiator, outlined on X the ‘five key objectives’ of the discussions with European countries ‘regarding the need for a broader European security architecture, capable of helping to create the conditions for lasting peace’. The five objectives, writes Kushner, are ‘ongoing security consultations, reliable channels of communication for crisis management, greater military transparency, reciprocal measures to reduce the risks of escalation, and a robust framework for long-term European security and stability’.
Trump meets with his national security team: three options on Iran
Yesterday, for the first time since the mid-term elections, Donald Trump met with his national security advisers and then, speaking to journalists, said that he would soon decide whether to resume an all-out war against Iran, now that the mid-term elections are over. The President, at least for now, is considering three options: launching new attacks, continuing to strangle the Iranian regime economically, or reaching an agreement that includes significant concessions to the Iranians. Meanwhile, Axios reports that yesterday saw intense diplomatic activity, including numerous telephone calls between the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and regional mediators from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Egypt.
Political scientist Fykuyama: ‘Trump has been weakened but remains a threat’
The mid-term elections in the United States represented a powerful rejection of Donald Trump, but the US President, whilst weakened, remains a threat to American democracy and to the international balance of power. This is the view of Francis Fukuyama, the renowned political scientist at Stanford University, who, in an interview with *La Repubblica*, emphasises how the Republican defeat could usher in a new political phase in the United States. “It was one of the most resounding rejections of Trump I could have hoped for,” he says, adding that the result could usher in a new era in American politics.
China puts the brakes on celebrations: what does the ‘blue wave’ in the US mean for Xi?
