World leaders who sparred with Trump express relief mixed with caution at Republican election rout

LONDON (AP) – World leaders who have sparred with the "America first" President Donald Trump greeted the rout of his Republican Party in the U.S.

Key points

• Spain's social democratic Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wrote on X that Americans had voted Against hate.
• Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide remarked most of Americans had sent a clear message that they have had enough of MAGA and now want a different course.
• After recent defeats for populists on the right in Hungary, Brazil and Serbia, progressive politicians cast the results as part of a trend of liberal comebacks worldwide.
• But that hope was seasoned with the expectation that American voters' rebuke would not necessarily end the U.S.
• And it will happen shortly in Spain, wrote Sánchez.

But that hope was seasoned with the expectation that American voters' rebuke would not necessarily end the U.S. Conflict with Iran or change Trump's policies on tariffs or his lukewarm-at-best backing for Ukraine and America's European allies.

Spain's social democratic Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wrote on X that Americans had voted "Against hate. Against machismo. Against climate denialism and against the privileges of the elites."

"It happened in Brazil. It just happened in the US. And it will happen shortly in Spain, " wrote Sánchez. This person faces an election Nov. 29.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide remarked most of Americans had sent a clear message that "they have had enough of MAGA and now want a different course. Enough of polarization."

Taken together, the developments around world leaders who sparred with Trump express relief mixed with caution at point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.