Despite previously accepting it, Trump questions the integrity of the US midterm elections

US President Donald Trump, on Monday, questioned the results of the 2026 midterm elections, about a week after the Republican Party suffered severe defeats.

Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform: “Does anyone really believe this election was fair? How could the polls be so wrong?”

This position represents a striking shift compared to Trump’s speech immediately after the Democrats’ victory, when he said in an interview with the New York Times on election night that he was “fully prepared” to accept the results.

A Trump adviser told CNN last week that the prevailing impression was that the Democrats' victory was so overwhelming that it was "too big to be manipulated."

This reveals how difficult it is for Trump to accept the results of the elections, which witnessed a Democratic sweep for Republicans, including seizing seats in the Senate in states that are considered strong strongholds of the Republican Party, such as Texas and Kansas.

It is noteworthy that many reliable opinion polls favored the Democrats in these races, and some Republicans - including Trump himself - expressed doubts about the accuracy of these polls before the elections were held.

This also comes at a time when Trump stated that “intense hatred for Israel” was one of the reasons for the Republicans’ loss in the midterm elections, in addition to the Iran war and the rise in gasoline prices it caused.

He said in an interview with the "60 Minutes" program on the "CBS" network, which was broadcast on Monday: "I think that if my name had been on the ballot, the situation would have been completely different. You have seen the amount of popularity and love that I enjoy."