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How other countries are reacting to the U.S. election results

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Reals, T., & Shamlii, A. (2026, November 4). How other countries are reacting to the U.S. election results. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-midterm-election-results-2026-foreign-reaction/

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CBS News · collected 2026-11-04 · by Tucker Reals, Anhelina Shamlii

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Foreign leaders are responding to recent U.S. midterm elections with varied assessments of their implications for international relations. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei dismissed hopes for a shift in American policy towards Iran, while Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf saw the results as rejecting war and costly conflicts. Russia acknowledged potential complications but expressed hope for continued peace efforts; Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated that Moscow’s stance on Ukraine would remain unchanged regardless of U.S. election outcomes.
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As of November 5, 2026, Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate in the U.S. midterm elections, marking a significant shift from the Republican majority previously holding power. The outcome is seen as a rejection of President Donald Trump's policies, including his war with Iran which contributed to rising gas prices and inflation. In Texas, Senator Ted Cruz called the results a “Watergate-level repudiation” of the GOP and warned that Democrats could push radical agendas harmful to states like Texas if not resisted strongly. The election results have also led to celebrations among American expatriates in London, with many viewing it as a sigh of relief for potential policy reversals on issues such as tariffs affecting countries like the UK.

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Tucker Reals
12 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 in theSpain's leader called it a sign of a global, right-wing populist "wave" crumbling, and Russia acknowledged that it "could complicate relations with the U.S."
🔮 Hubbard, who is in poor health, was expected to be flown to Texas for treatment at a military hospital.
🔮 He called on Moscow to be "transparent" a day after Russia's primary national health agency denied earlier reports by local officials that the Siberian lab worker might have died of after a lab accident and that anti-plague measures were imposed at multiple health facilities in the wake of her death on Oct. 1 or 2.The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the public health risk in Russia and Europe was considered low after the incident in Russia's far-eastern Siberia region.
🔮 "When I was lying on the floor I could feel the aircraft was going down.
🔮 Iran warns it will expand the war if there is another U.S. assault
🔮 Energy secretary says "we are always open" for nuclear agreement with Iran Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that the Trump administration is not shutting down diplomatic relations with Iran despite his comments earlier that there "may not be a nuclear agreement.
🔮 Oil prices jump again as Iran continues launching attacks on U.S. Gulf allies Oil prices jumped again Thursday as Iran claimed new strikes targeting U.S. forces across the Middle East, but bond yields eased and stock markets traded steadier after recent volatility. Crude futures had dropped briefly, after President Trump suggested U.S. attacks against Iran would likely be short-lived, but with Iran's retaliation continuing, and likely to draw further American strikes, oil prices continued the general upward trend on Thursday that has been seen for a week, since hostilities resumed.
🔮 Mr. Trump initially , but now says it will take "as long as necessary."
2026-08-28 · assertive framing · Iran war hits 6-month mark with no end in sight
🔮 President Trump told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that the U.S. was "achieving a very big victory" against Iran, but that the war "will continue for as long as necessary" and there's no timetable to resume peace talks with Tehran.
🔮 Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf called on Iran and Iraq to strengthen economic cooperation and prepare for what he described as "unjust sanctions," warning that the United States and Israel had shifted toward economic warfare after failing to defeat the two countries militarily. Speaking to Iranian and Iraqi businesspeople at the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad on Thursday, Ghalibaf said the two countries should develop mechanisms to withstand sanctions and reduce their dependence on the U.S. dollar. "If you look at the resources and raw materials of Muslim countries, you will realize that our enemies come to plunder them," Ghalibaf said, according to a post on his channel on the Telegram messaging app.
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Iran Iranian Russia U.S. Ukraine

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Several previous rounds of U.S.-brokered talks have yielded prisoner exchanges, and a recent local ceasefire credited to first lady Melania Trump and Pope Leo brought calm to one southern city occupied by Russia, but there has been no indication that Putin is prepared to abandon his demand to unilaterally seize Ukrainian territory as part of a deal to end the war. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov noted Wednesday that Moscow has long had strained interactions with Democrats, saying the U.S. party's "core approach to relations with Russia is extremely negative." Ryabkov said Russia's foreign policy would not be influenced by the election results, and its stance on Ukraine in particular would not change. There was no immediate reaction from Ukraine's government to the U.S. election results.
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🔮 in theSpain's leader called it a sign of a global, right-wing populist "wave" crumbling, and Russia acknowledged that it "could complicate relations with the U.S."
2026-11-05 · CBS News
How other countries are reacting to the U.S. election results · assertive framing

Claims (19 extracted, 2 hedged)

The Iranian regime was quick to label the resounding midterm elections as evidence of American voters rejecting the costly war he launched with Israel more than eight months ago. asserted
he → label → Israel
in theSpain's leader called it a sign of a global, right-wing populist "wave" crumbling, and Russia acknowledged that it "could complicate relations with the U.S." uncertain
it → call → U.S.
Below is a look at those statements and other reactions from foreign leaders and figures, including some hopeful leaders as elections loom in other countries. asserted
elections → include → countries
A statement attributed to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on Wednesday made it clear that Tehran is not expecting the outcome of the U.S. elections to change Washington's approach more than eight months into its war with Iran: asserted
outcome → attribute → Iran
"If there are still people who harbor even the slightest hope for a change in behavior or for party and factional shifts within the system of domination, or who believe that by making concessions to America they can dissuade it from hostility toward the Iranian nation, they are gravely mistaken," the statement published on Khamenei's official website said. asserted
statement → be → website
Earlier, Iran's chief negotiator said the results reflected Americans' rejection of the war with his country. asserted
results → say → country
"Americans said NO TO WAR, and we endorse this message," Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a post on X. He cited the increased cost of living, or "conscience," as two possible reasons for the widespread Republican losses. asserted
He → say → losses
"If the U.S. govt betrays their public will to serve international paymasters and blackmailers, it will learn our NO comes with a Nightmare," Ghalibaf added as a warning. asserted
Ghalibaf → betray → warning
In Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he hoped President Trump would still be able to "continue his peace-making efforts" in the wake of the U.S. elections. asserted
Trump → say → elections
A new round of working-level talks between Russia and Ukraine, brokered by the U.S., is scheduled to take place Nov. 10-11 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. asserted
round → work → Dhabi
Mr. Trump has pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hard this year to accept a peace deal that many argue would strongly favor Moscow, with Kyiv likely having to allow Russia to maintain control over some of the territory it has occupied in Ukraine during the grueling four-year war. asserted
it → push → war
Several previous rounds of U.S.-brokered talks have yielded prisoner exchanges, and a recent local ceasefire credited to first lady Melania Trump and Pope Leo brought calm to one southern city occupied by Russia, but there has been no indication that Putin is prepared to abandon his demand to unilaterally seize Ukrainian territory as part of a deal to end the war. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov noted Wednesday that Moscow has long had strained interactions with Democrats, saying the U.S. party's "core approach to relations with Russia is extremely negative." Ryabkov said Russia's foreign policy would not be influenced by the election results, and its stance on Ukraine in particular would not change. There was no immediate reaction from Ukraine's government to the U.S. election results. asserted
stance → yield → results
Spain Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, among the most vocal European critics of the war with Iran and other Trump administration policies, welcomed the results, saying in a post on X that Americans had "voted against policies that only impoverish. asserted
that → welcome → policies
Sanchez, who will face his own country's electorate in a Nov. 29 election, called the U.S. results further evidence of a global right-wing populist wave crumbling, and he said he believed a similar result would follow in Spain. "It . asserted
result → face → Spain
It just happened in the US. asserted
It → happen → US
And it will happen soon in Spain," he predicted. asserted
he → happen → Spain
European Union European Parliament Vice President Christel Schaldemose, in a post on X, called the election results "wild." asserted
Schaldemose → call → results
"Not because everything now changes for the better, but because it could benefit the support for Ukraine, the green transition, and relations with the rest of the world," she said, adding that the EU "must continue the course of standing stronger and standing on its own two feet. uncertain
EU → change → feet
This article will be updated with additional international reaction. asserted
article → update → reaction
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