Brazil reelected Lula. In the United States, the Democrats won the House and the Senate. In nine days, two majorities handed defeats to Bolsonarism and Trumpism. Mexico has already shown the strength of a left-wing majority. Spain votes in November, and Milei heads into 2027 with his main ally weakened.
Trump lost Congress, and the allies who wore his cap around the world are in trouble too: Netanyahu is left without a majority in Israel's parliament, Flávio Bolsonaro fled to the United States, and Milei's Argentina has closed more than 32,000 companies.
The three Senate candidates Trump hand-picked in key states lost. His party gave up the Senate, the House and four governorships. In exit polls, six in ten voters said Trump weighed on their vote, and only 38% approved of the president.
NBC projects a Democratic majority in both chambers. In the Senate, there were seven flips, from Texas to Maine, where Susan Collins lost; the tally goes to 54 to 44. In the House, the estimate is 258 Democratic seats to 177. In the states, Democrats took the governorships of Georgia, Ohio, Iowa and Nevada.
Israeli Menachem Halevy entered Brazil six days before the runoff and crossed the border at Foz do Iguaçu seven minutes ahead of the senator's van, Fantástico showed. On the other side, a US$150,000 jet was waiting to fly to Miami. The Federal Police is investigating an operation planned under the name Alba.
Of the 39 bills he has introduced as first-named author since 2023, none became law. The only law carrying his name is a text by Marcel van Hattem signed by 64 deputies, where Nikolas is 46th on the list. In court, he has piled up four civil convictions to pay damages, two of them for transphobia.
Reelected with 64.2 million votes against an opponent backed by Trump and by the family that tried a coup, Lula was hailed by Brussels, Paris and Madrid as a victory for democracy. From Mexico's president to Mélenchon's supporters in France, the world made the L.
