Democrats seize the House and Senate in a midterm rout as Trump says he would have won 'in a landslide'
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 withdrew to his private White House quarters and fell silent in anger as Democrats took seven Senate seats — among them Texas, Kansas and South Carolina, none of which had backed a Democratic candidate in decades — giving the party control of both chambers of Congress. Cabinet members and MAGA allies who had assembled in the East Room drifted out quietly, leaving Cheesecake Factory food sitting untouched on the tables.
Trump pointed the finger at Republican candidates rather than accepting any personal responsibility, posting a 'VETO' cap image on Truth Social and pledging to block Democratic legislation.
Obama hailed the results as a vote for 'politics that brings people together', while Sadiq Khan crowed that the outcome was 'a true rejection of Trump's damaging and divisive politics'.
Elon Musk, who reportedly put $158m into Republican efforts, quipped on X that his 'election-interfering space lasers didn't work this time'.
