Iran is still restricting the Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine’s front lines haven’t moved, and China won’t be contained. Even before voters handed Democrats Congress, Vijay Prashad argues Washington was already losing its grip on the world. The Tricontinental executive director joins Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra from Kenya to break down what the 2026 midterms mean for US foreign policy. As Trump admits the Iran war cost Republicans, and JD Vance blames it outright, Prashad says the US is “at a loss strategically,” with Tehran holding the leverage, backed by Russia and China. Prashad is hopeful that new faces like Abdul El-Sayed and six new DSA members, backed by pressure from below, can force “irrelevant” Schumer and Jeffries to answer to the new progressive wing. Khalek pushes back: insurgents will be co-opted, zionist corporate-backed Dems still hold the power, and the fight over leadership matters. They also discuss Palestinian parties holding the balance of power in Israel’s Knesset, Europe’s backlash against militarization and conscription, why Prashad thinks a Democratic Congress is too late to change the war in Ukraine or the drive to war with China, and why Lula’s re-election in Brazil shows Trump “lost the hemisphere.” Watch full episodes of BT Live, join breakthroughnews.org as a member today! #breakthroughnews

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