US midterms: ‘You deserve the defeat,’ Kemi Badenoch tells Trump

Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK Conservative Party, said in London on Saturday that Donald Trump deserved the Republicans’ defeat in the US midterm elections. She blamed his political style, repeated insults, refusal to heed advice and alienation of independent voters. Badenoch said Americans had voted against Trump’s arrogance rather than against the Republican Party, as Democrats won key congressional seats and took control of many states Trump had carried in 2024. She said UK Conservatives had learned that a party cannot win by speaking only to its base.