What did the world say after Trump's defeat? Sheinbaum, Europe, Russia, and China react

US Democrats have inflicted a historic defeat on Donald Trump and the Republican Party by regaining control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the midterm elections.

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These are the main international reactions.

- LATIN AMERICA

"I would like to highlight the triumph of two people of Mexican origin, who are the governor-elect of California and the governor-elect of Texas," declared the Mexican leftist president, Claudia Sheinbaum, in reference to Democrats Xavier Becerra and Gina Hinojosa.

"Regardless of the election result, we always seek the best relationship with the United States while always guaranteeing respect for our sovereignty, territorial integrity, and collaboration without subordination," added the Mexican president during her daily press conference.

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- EUROPE

"President Trump has accepted the results, and I believe the world now has the opportunity to unite around the issue that is affecting us all, which is the cost of living," considered the British Labour Prime Minister, Andy Burnham.

This will be "impossible (...) as long as the conflict in the Middle East is not resolved, as well as the one in Ukraine, triggered by Russia," he added.

The broad victory of the Democrats is "very good news for American democracy," declared the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot.

"It is further proof that, in a democracy, it is the people who write their own history and that no one, neither algorithms nor private interests, can do it in their place," he stressed.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul celebrated the "change" and expressed his hope that new initiatives would be launched to resolve the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine.

The head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, said she hopes the next US Congress will "exert more pressure on Russia" regarding Ukraine.

"As you know, Europe and the United States are much stronger together," she stressed during a press conference.

The "ultra-wave" is "crumbling," considered for his part the President of the Spanish Government, the socialist Pedro Sánchez.

"Yesterday, American society voted against policies that only impoverish. Against hate. Against sexism. Against climate denial and against the privileges of the elites," he wrote on X, in the middle of his campaign for the early general elections on November 29.

- IRAN

Supreme Leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, stated that those who hope for a change in US policy "are very wrong."

"Those who still harbor the slightest hope of seeing the behavior of the hegemonic system change thanks to party changes (...) are gravely mistaken," he declared in a statement.

"Whether due to conscience or the cost of living, the American people said NO TO WAR, and we support this message," wrote for his part on X the chief Iranian negotiator in the talks with the United States, Mohamad Baqer Qalibaf.

- RUSSIA

The Kremlin said it hopes that US President Donald Trump will continue his mediation efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.

"President Trump is still in office and we sincerely hope that he will also continue his efforts in favor of peace," declared Dmitri Peskov, spokesman for the Russian presidency, cited by a media outlet favorable to the Kremlin.

- CHINA

"The midterm elections are an internal matter of the United States," declared the spokeswoman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mao Ning.

"China is willing to continue working with the United States to preserve and implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, strengthen communication, and properly manage differences," she stated at a press conference.

- AFRICA

SA President Cyril Ramaphosa said he hopes for a "new era of international relations" following the Democratic victory.