Trump admits bitter defeat in the midterms: "I'm a little surprised. I thought we would do better"
The President of the United States is trying to shirk responsibility for the Republican debacle despite having asked people to vote as if he were on the ballot and having traveled to 30 states.
Donald Trump had a bad feeling at the start of the year. In January, he organized a retreat for Republican congressmen to unite them for the US midterm elections. Trump warned his party colleagues that if they didn't win the midterms, they would find an excuse to impeach him. He believed they would impeach him if they lost.
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