Trump says he will accept midterm results, work with Democrats as GOP faces setbacks

US President Donald Trump has said he would accept the outcome of the midterm elections and work with Democrats, even as his party faced setbacks in congressional races that threatened Republican control of Congress.

He also blamed the party's losses on his absence from the ballot, claiming Republicans would have won by a landslide had he contested the elections.

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In an interview with The New York Times, Trump said he was prepared to work with Democrats following the elections.

“I am absolutely willing to accept those results,” he said. “We’ll work with the Democrats, and we’ll, you know, look forward to working with them. We’ll probably work something out,” he added.

Democrats were making significant gains in congressional contests, with several major US media outlets projecting that they would take control of the House of Representatives. The Senate race remained closely watched as results came in.

The president, however, attributed the Republican setbacks to the fact that he was not personally contesting the elections. In a separate post on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday, he asserted that Republicans would have secured a sweeping victory had he 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. President DONALD J. TRUMP," he wrote.

Trump also defended his endorsements of Republican candidates, including Darline Graham of South Carolina and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who was running for the Senate. Graham lost her race, while Paxton was trailing in his contest.