{"id":28174,"date":"2026-11-05T10:36:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/from-texas-to-tehran-how-papers-across-the-world-reacted-to-dem-olition-job-on-trump-in-us-midterms-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T10:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:36:04","slug":"from-texas-to-tehran-how-papers-across-the-world-reacted-to-dem-olition-job-on-trump-in-us-midterms-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/from-texas-to-tehran-how-papers-across-the-world-reacted-to-dem-olition-job-on-trump-in-us-midterms-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"From Texas to Tehran: how papers across the world reacted to \u2018Dem-olition\u2019 job on Trump in US midterms – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a night of high drama that saw the Democrats win control of Congress, front pages across the globe react with shock, anger and glee
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The results of America\u2019s historic midterm elections reverberated around the world on Wednesday, with front pages reflecting on a night that saw Donald Trump<\/a> dealt a punishing blow by the US electorate.
\u201cTrumped\u201d was the Guardian\u2019s<\/strong> headline on Thursday\u2019s edition, with reporter Ed Pilkington noting<\/a> that, with the president\u2019s party stripped of control of Congress, the country was waking up to a \u201cradically altered political landscape\u201d.
A late edition of the New York Post<\/strong> captured the scale of Trump\u2019s defeat on Wednesday. Riffing on Hokusai\u2019s Great Wave artwork, the paper notes it was a \u201chistoric romp for Democrats\u201d, under the headline \u201cBlue Tsunami\u201d.
The Daily Mail<\/strong> leads with \u201cMaga turns on Trump\u201d, writing that vice-president JD Vance issued a \u201cbrutal post mortem of Republican party losses\u201d, pinning the blame on the president\u2019s war in Iran for the scale of the wipeout.
That was a view that was \u2013 unsurprisingly \u2013 shared in Iran. The English-language Tehran Times<\/strong>, which is closely aligned with the government, said in its headline: \u201cUS hegemony crumbling; Iran will never surrender\u201d.
With a selection of midterms stories across the front page, the paper quotes senior figures under a subhead that reads \u201cIranian officials link Republican election defeat to US war against Iran\u201d.
Spanish daily El Mundo<\/strong> follows the same theme, using an image of the president touring the half-finished White House ballroom on the day after the elections, with the headline: \u201cTrump blames the war for the electoral tsunami that sweeps away Republicans\u201d.
Across the US, editors worked into the night on Tuesday to get out late editions of their papers. In Chicago, the Sun Times<\/strong> captured newly elected Senator Juliana Stratton as she celebrated her party\u2019s victory, under the headline \u201cDem-olition\u201d.
A slew of historic wins<\/a> were recorded throughout the night, including the election of the first Muslim senator<\/a>, the first openly gay senator<\/a> and the first black female governor<\/a> in the US.
Keisha Lance Bottom\u2019s win was described as \u201chistoric\u201d by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution \u2013 <\/strong>an online publication which produces a daily front page. The paper notes that the governor-elect has shattered \u201cracial and gender glass ceilings\u201d on a day the US elected \u201cfour Black governors\u201d.
Highlighting the end of the Republican party\u2019s \u201cstranglehold on Texas politics\u201d, the Dallas Morning News<\/strong> captured two of the night\u2019s biggest wins under the headline \u201cWave of change\u201d.
Senator-elect James Talarico and Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa shared the front page, after a night that saw the Democrats sweep to victory in deep red Texas.
With the results showing hispanic voters swinging away from Trump, California\u2019s Spanish-language daily La Opini\u00f3n<\/strong> produced one of the more memorable front pages.
Above a picture of a battered Maga hat, the paper\u2019s headline simply reads \u201cNational punishment\u201d.
In Quebec, one the of provinces most affected by Trump\u2019s brutal tariffs on Canadian goods, tabloid Le Journal de Montr\u00e9al<\/strong>, sums the elections up with: \u201cQuite a slap\u201d.
From Brisbane to Berlin, local publications all had their take on the president\u2019s disastrous night. In Australia, Queensland\u2019s Courier Mail <\/strong>summed things up with: \u201cDon like a dinner\u201d, next to an image of a dejected-looking Trump.
France\u2019s Le Monde<\/strong> displayed an array of images from across the country, under the headline \u201cElectoral rout for Donald Trump\u201d.
And finally, Germany\u2019s Frankfurter Allgemeine<\/strong> produces a broad range of coverage, with the headline \u201cTrump concedes defeat\u201d.<\/p>\n

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