Trump says Republicans would have won 'in a landslide' if he had been on the ballot as Democrats seize Congress
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.
President Donald Trump, speaking to Fox News late Tuesday night, blamed the Democrats' sweeping congressional takeover on voter mood and his own absence from the ballot — refusing to reshuffle his Cabinet despite Democrats seizing a 54-seat Senate majority and 228 House seats. Trump told the Wall Street Journal that the Iran war "was a piece of" the cause, yet insisted cabinet changes were off the table, saying "it had nothing to do with my Cabinet."
Vice President JD Vance pinned the rout on four failures: not ending the Iran war, ignoring cost-of-living pressures, abandoning America-first priorities, and the US relationship with Israel.
Chuck Schumer, the incoming Senate majority leader, branded Trump "the most corrupt president in American history" and vowed to entangle him in "legislative razor wire."
Ron DeSantis called the results "close to an extinction-level event for Republicans in many parts of the country, as we have seen probably in the last 100 years."
