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Archive photo · 10 December 2007Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Predicts Trump’s Defeat in U.S. Midterms and 2027 Run
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Cristina Kirchner predicts Trump and Republicans will lose the U.S. midterms. She does not rule out a 2027 presidential bid if political rights are restored.
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Kirchner eyes US midterms
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner predicted that Donald Trump and the Republican Party will lose the United States midterm elections scheduled for this Tuesday. Kirchner told The Washington Post, “Paradoxically, the man who has done everything possible to help right-wing governments win in Latin America will lose the elections in his own country,” and she said she expects American voters to drive a progressive wave. Kirchner framed the vote as a referendum on Trump, and she said the contest will determine all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and a third of the Senate.
Kirchner also tied her outlook to her own legal situation, saying she is under house arrest for the Vialidad case verdict and that she denied having committed any crime. Kirchner’s interview described her as serving a six-year house arrest sentence and being barred for life from holding public office while she spoke from her San José 1111 apartment.
A comeback tied to rights
Kirchner told The Washington Post that she would consider competing for the Argentine presidency in 2027 if she regains her political rights. Kirchner replied, “When I regain my political rights, why not?”, and she linked that possibility to her request to the United Nations Human Rights Committee to review her prosecution. Rafael Valim said the priority is to restore Kirchner’s political rights, and he warned, “If Argentina does not comply, I foresee an irresistible social mobilization by the Argentine people,”.
Kirchner compared her situation with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was re-elected President of Brazil after spending 580 days in prison before his convictions were annulled. Kirchner also described her routine in the apartment, and she said she studies English and Chinese “to keep my neurons from aging.”
Peronism, Milei, and stakes
Kirchner acknowledged Peronist responsibility for the 2023 electoral defeat, and she said, “A collapse occurred in the labor culture,”. Kirchner argued that “People realized that those who worked eight hours a day, endured their bosses, and long commutes earned the same or less than neighbors who received government aid,” as she described why voters turned away. Kirchner said she expects the United States midterm result to foreshadow a shift in political trend in Latin America, and she reiterated that Trump’s loss would come “in his own country.”
Kirchner’s interview also described her as president of Argentina’s leftist Justicialist Party, founded 80 years ago by Juan Perón and his wife Eva, and as co-leader of the Frente de la Patria. Kirchner’s statements placed her legal case at the center of what comes next, because her defense sought annulment of the disqualification from public office and restoration of her political rights.