President Donald Trump fired back Tuesday night as Republicans suffered a series of crushing setbacks in the 2026 midterm elections, insisting that the outcome would have been dramatically different had his name appeared on the ballot.
With Democrats making gains in key congressional races and threatening to seize control of the House of Representatives, Trump took to Truth Social to deliver a defiant message.
The president made one thing perfectly clear: He believes his personal appeal to voters remains stronger than that of the Republican candidates who struggled on Tuesday.
Trump wrote on Truth Social:
