United States President Donald Trump has said he is prepared to accept the outcome of the midterm elections and work with Democrats after the opposition party won control of the Senate.
Trump made the remarks in an interview with The New York Times on Tuesday night, following a series of Democratic victories that ended the Republican Party’s control of the upper chamber of Congress.
Asked about the results, Trump said he was “absolutely willing to accept those results” and expressed readiness to work with the opposition.
“We’ll, you know, look forward to working with them,” he said. “We’ll probably work something out.”
The Democratic Party secured Senate victories in several states traditionally dominated by Republicans, including Texas, Kansas and South Carolina, alongside gains in North Carolina.
The victories gave Democrats the majority in the 100-member Senate, ending two years of Republican control of both chambers of Congress.
The Associated Press reported that the results marked a significant setback for Trump, whose party suffered losses in states he had carried during the 2024 presidential election.
Trump, however, dismissed suggestions that the results represented a personal rejection of his presidency, arguing that Republicans would have won by a landslide if he had been on the ballot.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, he wrote, “I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!”
Democratic control of the Senate is expected to give the party greater influence over committee leadership, congressional investigations and the confirmation of presidential nominees.
The results could also complicate Trump’s legislative agenda during the final two years of his second term, although the president retains executive powers and the ability to veto legislation.
Democrats were also projected to take control of the House of Representatives, which would give them control of both chambers of Congress, with the final results still being followed.
