France, April 2 -- US President Donald Trump suffered a significant setback in Wisconsin on Tuesday as voters elected a liberal judge to the state's Supreme Court, despite substantial financial backing from his influential adviser, Elon Musk, who invested millions in the race to influence the outcome. In other elections, while Democrats faced defeats, their overall support saw an increase.

Two months after his inauguration as US President, Trump celebrated victory in two House races in Florida, which remained in Republican hands but with a significantly smaller margin than expected.

However, he failed to reverse the outcome in an election for a Supreme Court judge in the state of Wisconsin, which would have tipped the balance in favour ...