Trump deflects blame for midterms rout but says accepts results
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would accept the results of US midterm elections -- but quickly sought to shift the blame for the historic rout to his fellow Republicans. Time and again on the campaign trail the 80-year-old told Republicans to "pretend I'm on the ballot." That may have been exactly the problem, as voters put Democrats in control of the House and Senate. But…
On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump declared his acceptance of the outcomes of the recent U.S. midterm elections, albeit swiftly attributing the significant loss to his Republican Party colleagues. Throughout his campaign, Trump repeatedly urged Republicans to overlook his own presidential bid, a strategy that appears to have backfired as Democrats gained control of both the House and Senate.
Despite his history of deflecting blame, Trump in his initial response to the election results maintained that the Republican Party would have secured a "landslide" victory if he had been 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 stated on his Truth Social platform.
Refusing to entertain doubts about his stance on the 2020 presidential election loss to Joe Biden, Trump later exhibited a more conciliatory attitude. "I am absolutely willing to accept those results," Trump told The New York Times, indicating his readiness to cooperate with the Democratic Party moving forward.
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