Trump Says Republicans Would Have Won Midterms in a 'Landslide' If He Had Been on the Ballot
Trump said Republicans would have won if he were on the ballot, after Democrats flipped key seats and moved toward control of Congress.
- Following major media projections that Democrats successfully flipped both the House of Representatives and the Senate, President Trump took to Truth Social to distance himself from the defeat, posting: "I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE! Thank you for your attention to this matter."
- Trump's post-election framing presents a sharp pivot from his final pre-election campaign blitz, where he held 30 rallies over the final month and explicitly urged supporters on Fox News and at campaign events to "pretend that I'm on the ballot" to protect his legislative accomplishments.
- In subsequent comments, Trump struck a dual tone, stating in an interview that he is "absolutely willing to accept these results" and expressed openness to working with the incoming Democratic majorities in Congress.
- White House officials and Republican strategists have begun pointing to historical midterm trends, high inflation, and localized candidate performance to contextualize the losses, while Democrats argue the outcome was a direct, sweeping referendum against Trump’s second-term agenda, trade tariffs, and executive actions.
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Trump deflects blame as Democrats prepare to control Congress after the midterms
Follow the SCMP’s live coverage here In what appears to be an early attempt to distance himself from the Democrats’ historic gains, US President Donald Trump has sought to shift attention away from his party’s performance in the midterm elections, taking to social media to remind voters that he “wasn’t on the ballot”. “I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” Trump wrote…
The Democrats already have a victory in the Senate, while the extent of the victory in the House of Representatives is mostly in question.
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While accepting the Democrats' victory in the midterm elections, US President Donald Trump commented on the balance of power in Congress and his future approach following losses in states considered Republican strongholds.
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