Arou: Trump has lost the war with Iran and is looking for an escape route Former French ambassador to the United States, the occupied territories and the United Nations, Gerard Arou, described the defeat of the Republicans in the midterm elections as a "democratic tsunami" and a "referendum" on the president of this country, Donald Trump, and said that three factors, corruption, war spending and Trumpist violence played a role in this defeat. Read the full description of this report here.