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Democrats Push Back on Trump’s NATO Policy Ahead of U.S. Midterms
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Democrats oppose Trump's NATO policy ahead of the November midterm elections. Polls show Democrats gaining ground, potentially reshaping control of Congress.
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Midterms and NATO
The world is watching the midterms in the United States with anticipation as Trump and the Republicans could take a hit in early November and the Democrats might even take control of the House of Representatives. Representative Gregory Meeks of New York, the leading Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said, "Trump’s administration has undoubtedly damaged the international standing of the United States and its reputation as a reliable partner." Democratic Congresswoman Johnny Olszewski from Maryland said, "One of our most important tasks will be to assure our European allies that the United States will not turn its back on NATO."
Don Bacon from Nebraska said Trump is "weak," and his leading defense officials are "terrible" when it comes to NATO, while also saying, "I think the elections will strengthen the stance for NATO." Claudia Major, security expert at the German Marshall Fund, said Europeans wonder whether America would be there in an article-five scenario, adding, "I hope so…"
Campaign money and doubt
Republicans face a bitter verdict after a major advertising offensive made possible by their considerable cash advantage, with Democrats widening their lead into unexpectedly Republican strongholds such as Kansas.
SLF, the Super PAC aiding Republicans in keeping the Senate majority, canceled all planned ads in North Carolina, and the money was redirected to battlegrounds like Texas.
SLF sent $14 million to Kansas, a state that has not elected a Democratic senator since 1932, and it also sent $5 million to South Carolina, a state won with an 18-point margin by Donald Trump in 2024.
Karl Rove, former strategist of George W. Bush, said, "These past days, Ted Cruz (a Texas senator in office until 2030) contacted me to say: We are losing."
Donald Trump told conservative voters, "Act as if I were on the ballot," as Republicans fear a defeat less than a month before the U.S. midterm elections scheduled for November 3.
War, prices, and voting
President Donald Trump declared Thursday that he would not attack Iran again before next month’s midterm elections, framing it as an implicit admission of damage being inflicted on Republican hopes. Trump wrote on Truth Social that his blockade of Iran’s oil exports and ships had reduced the country to a "very bad condition" and added, "we will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections." Trump posted, "we will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections to be held in the United States on November 3rd,".
Trump said he struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, with Russia immediately supplying more than 300,000 tons of diesel followed by an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons "immediately thereafter." Voters will deliver a national verdict on 3 November, with the results deciding control of the House of Representatives and Senate, as well as governorships in 36 states.