Trump Says He Will Accept Midterm Results and Work With Democrats

President Donald Trump said he would accept the results of the U.S. midterm elections and work with Democrats, as projections showed Democrats poised to control both chambers of Congress. His remarks came as Republicans faced significant losses, while some election outcomes were still being called. Trump made the comments in an interview Tuesday evening, November 3, saying he was willing to accept the results and expected the parties to work something out. The statement was attributed to the interview; it does not establish how Trump will respond to final results or whether cooperation will follow. Trump also blamed the Republican defeats on his absence from the ballot. In a Truth Social post, he said Republicans would have won in a landslide if he had been a candidate. He had urged voters during the campaign to imagine that he was on the ballot. Democrats were projected to win the House, and reports described them as set to take the Senate as well. One account said the Senate outcome had not yet been called and that a final projection could take hours. The results therefore remained projections in the reporting, rather than final outcomes for both chambers. Trump signaled...