Trump says Democrats did a 'good job' but vows to veto them after they seize both the House and Senate
A Fox News broadcast showing President Trump congratulating Democrats, as he insisted Iran policy and high fuel costs — not his leadership — drove Republican losses across traditional strongholds including Texas and Georgia.Trump Tower in Las Vegas lit up with a projected 'TRUMP OUT' message, as Democrats flipped traditional Republican strongholds including Texas, Kansas, South Carolina and Ohio in what rivals called a 'midterm massacre'.Trump's claim that he "would have won" had he been on the ballot, as Jon Ossoff branded him a "failed lame duck president" after winning re-election in a top Republican target state.Revellers at a Democratic watch party in New York celebrate as Democrats seized the House, with senior Republican figures including Marco Rubio quietly slipping away from the White House East Room as trays of uneaten food were left behind.
Trump watched the Democrats' blue wave sweep both chambers from his private White House residence, refusing to come downstairs as aides quietly fled the East Room watch party, leaving Cheesecake Factory food untouched on the tables. Democrats flipped seven Senate seats — including Texas, Kansas and South Carolina, states Republicans had held for decades — to seize Congress in what commentators are calling the worst midterm defeat for a sitting president in modern history.
Trump blamed losing Republican candidates rather than himself, posting a 'VETO' cap image on Truth Social and declaring he'd have won 'in a landslide' had he been on the ballot.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung was mocked after posting 'Donald J. Trump is the President of the United States. Still your President!' as social media users called Trump a lame duck.
Elon Musk, who reportedly contributed $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, joked on X that his 'election-interfering space lasers didn't work this time.'
