Russia says Trump faces ‘unpleasant challenges’ as the Democrats seized the House and the probe into 2016 election tampering is brought back to the forefront.
International reaction has been mixed as the bombastic President lost his House majority today.
The Democrats now have the power to strike at Trump’s global business empire and his international dealings.
They can explore everything from Chinese trademarks granted to companies linked to Trump and his daughter Ivanka, to a firm backing of Robert Muller’s probe into 2016 election tampering.
President Trump gives two thumbs up as he campaigned in Cleveland, Ohio in the run-up to the polls opening
The Kremlin said their relationship with the US could not get much worse, but added that Trump now faces new and ‘unpleasant challenges’
The Kremlin said the results were unlikely to hurt ties further as, ‘it’d be hard to make (the relationship) even worse.’
Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday, ‘there are no bright prospects on the horizon’ for improving the relations.
A meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin planned for next week in France has been scrapped.
A senior Russian lawmaker, Konstantin Kosachev, says a Democratic majority in the House means Trump will face ‘unpleasant challenges.’
China says the relationship between the world’s two largest economies is so important that interests on both sides will continue pushing for cooperation regardless of the outcome of U.S. elections.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying declined to comment directly on the outcome but says ‘regardless of the result … we believe the two governments and the two peoples all want to maintain the sound and steady development of bilateral relations because we believe it is in the best interests of the international community.’
President Xi Jinping’s spokeswoman Hua Chunying said ‘regardless of the result … we believe the two governments and the two peoples all want to maintain the sound and steady development of bilateral relations
Democrats celebrated last night in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania as their Democrat hopeful defeated the Republican rival
President Trump has slapped punitive tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese exports to the U.S. and threatened billions more.
China has retaliated with tariffs on soybeans and other key U.S. exports. Frictions over Taiwan, human rights and the South China Sea have pushed relations to their lowest ebb in years.
Germany’s foreign minister said: ‘What this election doesn’t change is that without the U.S., we will not be able to solve problems in an ever more complicated world.’
Maas added: ‘We must remain realistic. In the past two years, the balance in the partnership with the United States has shifted for the foreseeable future, and the election won’t change anything about that either.’
Maas renewed his argument that Europeans must answer Trump’s ‘America First’ policy with a ‘Europe United’ approach.
The Democrat majority in the House could lead to investigations outside the U.S. and into Russian election tampering, or even Ivanka Trump’s business ties to China
Japanese officials say their alliance with the United States remains unshakable regardless of U.S. election results.
Japan’s Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura told reporters that the Japan-U.S. alliance is ‘unwavering’ despite mixed election results for Trump.
Nishimura says Japan will cooperate with the U.S. in efforts to denuclearize North Korea and in other areas.
Democrats celebrated into the night as they seized the House majority from Trump’s Republican Party in the first nationwide polls since he took office two years ago.
Trump Tweeted this morning: ‘If the Democrats think they are going to waste Taxpayer Money investigating us at the House level, then we will likewise be forced to consider investigating them for all of the leaks of Classified Information, and much else, at the Senate level. Two can play that game!’