Donald Trump loses allies after elections in Serbia and Brazil
Flavio Bolsonaro failed to gain power, Aleksandar Vucic was voted out of office, and even Benjamin Netanyahu's position has weakened. An unhappy US President Trump is crying electoral fraud.
Donald Trump is facing a loss of allies in the wake of midterm elections in Serbia and Brazil. In Serbia, the majority of voters chose the left-wing Student List, leading to the ousting of outgoing president Aleksandar Vucic. This loss of an important European ally is seen as a setback for Trump. In Brazil, incumbent president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated Jair Bolsonaro, another strong supporter of Trump's.
Bolsonaro, who was a key figure in the US camp, is currently under investigation for corruption and money laundering and has fled the country for Florida. Trump's comments on Bolsonaro's defeat echoed his own claims of a rigged election in the US. Trump's ties with Serbia and Brazil, both of which have aligned with Russia to a greater extent than other European countries, have now been strained.
While there is still a chance for Israelis to elect a government more aligned with Trump, his overall approval rating is at a low point ahead of the midterms.
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