Washington. US President Donald Trump has said that he accepts the results of the midterm elections. In this election, the Democratic Party has strengthened its position by winning the key contests for the Senate and Governor posts. “I'm ready to accept these results,” Trump said in an interview with 'The New York Times' as the election results were announced Tuesday night.
'Ready to accept the results'
The Democratic Party has won US Senate seats in Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Ohio. In all these provinces, Trump had appealed to the voters to vote for him considering him as the candidate and conducted a vigorous election campaign. While talking to 'The New York Times', Trump also expressed his desire to work together with the Democratic Party. “We will work with Democrats and look forward to working closely with them,” he said. We'll probably find a way.”
Despite Trump's campaign, Democrats won many important seats.
This statement of Trump has come just a few days after the claim in which he had said that he will run the government for the next two years using the President's prerogative i.e. veto power. Trump cited his own absence from the electoral fray as the reason for the Republican Party's defeat. He said he had no regrets about supporting candidates such as Republican Senator Darlene Graham of South Carolina and Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas. Trump wrote on the social media platform 'Truth Social', “I was not in the election field and if I was, we would have won with an overwhelming majority.”
There was talk of running the government on the basis of veto power.
US President Donald Trump has said that if the Democratic Party takes control of Parliament, he will use his veto power and executive powers to carry forward his agenda. “The biggest power I have is it's called the 'veto,'” Trump told CBS News in a phone interview before voting closed in the midterm elections on Tuesday. He also said that if Democrats won a majority in the House or Senate, he would welcome the nickname “Mr. Veto”. Trump said he believed repeated vetoes would eventually bring Democrats to the table. He said, “First, you veto for a few months and then they come and say, 'We have to make a compromise.'”
Not being in the election field given as reason for defeat
The president pointed to Trump v. Slaughter, a top court decision earlier this year in which the justices ruled 6-3 that he could fire Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter.
According to American media reports, the results after the interview showed that the Democrats won three early victories in Georgia, New Hampshire and North Carolina. The Democratic Party has won in North Carolina. To get a majority on the 35 Senate seats, Democrats will have to win a total of four seats.
Trump said that this decision gives him complete control over federal agencies, boards and commissions, regardless of which party controls Congress. “The Slaughter case gives the president more power than ever before,” he said. CBS quoted two sources as saying that immigration and trade are among the areas being considered. One source said that even if Democrats take power, Trump would still have the power to “do almost anything he wants” on trade, the border, managing the federal government, foreign policy and national security. Trump said he hoped to have a new White House ballroom built in 2027 and work would begin on a proposed 250-foot arch in Washington, which has faced legal challenges. He described the arch as a “celebration of success”.