Trump the ‘big loser’ of US midterms, say Swiss papers
The “red wave” of Republican victories that had been predicted has not come to pass, reflecting a clear defeat for party figurehead and former president Donald Trump, media in Switzerland report on Wednesday. Results in some key races remained too close to call the day after critical midterm elections in the United States. But one thing is already clear: even though the Republicans could still win a narrow majority in one or both chambers of Congress, Tuesday night did not result in the crushing victory that the GOP had hoped for. Trump had endorsed a number of candidates, many of whom have claimed that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen” from him. The midterms were therefore “a test of his […] popularity”, in addition to being a referendum on Joe Biden’s presidency, said the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. “Trump clearly lost this long-distance duel,” the paper concluded, a sentiment echoed by news portal Watson, which designated the former president the “big loser” of the night.