Donald Trump broke his silence and has said he will accept the midterm election results as Democrats celebrate a victory in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The president said he was "absolutely willing to accept those results" during an election-night interview with The New York Times, offering a conciliatory response as Republicans suffered a series of defeats.
CBS News projected that Democrats had reclaimed both chambers following Tuesday's elections, delivering a major setback to Republicans and setting up a more challenging final two years of Trump's presidency. The full size of the Democratic majorities remained to be determined as counting continued.
Donald Trump responds to Republican midterm losses
Despite signaling his willingness to accept the outcome, Trump also argued that Republicans would have performed better had his own name appeared on the ballot.
"I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!" he wrote on Truth Social.
The president had campaigned for Republican candidates ahead of the election, which became a major test of his second administration. Voter frustration over living costs and the war in Iran featured promine...