Trump Vows Comeback After Midterm Republican Losses

President Donald Trump on Sunday vowed to achieve a comeback following significant Republican Party losses during the midterm elections.

“America took a giant step back in History with the results of the last Election — Even the Stock Market, which has been a ‘ROCKETSHIP’ under ‘TRUMP,’ took a one day, 3 Trillion Dollar loss. But have no fear, we will be back, BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!” he wrote in a social media post. He did not elaborate.

In the Nov. 3 midterm elections, Democrats were able to capture the House of Representatives and Senate, handing upsets in generally Republican-leaning states including Texas, Ohio, and Kansas.

The party was able to capitalize on inflation, which has stayed above the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target for six years since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, along with high energy and gas prices.

“I think a part of it was Iran,” ⁠Trump told Fox News. “Iran was a ​piece of it,” he said in an interview with The Wall Street ​Journal, although he signaled that he believes the war was necessary.

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The president said he is being interviewed on Sunday night by CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” where he will likely respond to questions about the elections.

“Hopefully, they will show all the good things we’ve done over the past 2 years, not even including the First Term, which was incredible. If we get help from the Republican Senate, we can still do things that are unbelievable!” Trump said, referring to the coming months before the next Congress is sworn in.

Trump, who partially campaigned during the midterms on the idea that a Democratic victory in the midterms would trigger a 1929-style economic depression, has maintained that the economy is booming.

Since his party lost in Tuesday’s voting, he has asserted he is willing to work with Democrats in the House and Senate. “I’ll get along, probably, with the Democrats, unless they want to be destructive,” Trump told reporters last week.

After Friday’s strong jobs report showed employers adding 165,000 jobs and the unemployment rate dipping to 4.1 percent, Trump showed his characteristic defiance.

“Democrats may control Congress, but I will NEVER stop fighting for you, and I will VETO anything that hurts America,” he said in a text message to his supporters.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), who could be the next House speaker, said in a post on X Saturday that his party would be focused on lowering costs, although he said on Sunday that he wants to impeach Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

“House Democrats will relentlessly focus on Affordability, Accountability and American values. Lower costs. Hold the crooks accountable. Put the American people first,” Jeffries said.

On Sunday, Jeffries said on ABC’s “This Week” that he would vote a “hard yes” on a resolution to impeach Hegseth.

Trump announced on Friday that his chief of staff, Susie Wiles, would be leaving and will be replaced with policy adviser Stephen Miller, a hawk on immigration.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.