UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says Trump deserved midterm defeat

British Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has said United States President Donald Trump deserved to be defeated in the midterm elections, describing the setback as “entirely self-inflicted.”
In an interview with The Independent , Badenoch criticised Trump’s handling of the Iran war, his trade policies and his treatment of allies. She said his approach did not reflect conservative principles.
The Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday’s midterms, flipping at least seven Senate seats and more than two dozen House districts in a major blow to Trump’s Republican Party.
Asked whether Trump deserved the defeat, Badenoch replied: “Yeah. He has not been acting ...