
US President Donald Trump said that the Republicans would have achieved a landslide victory in the midterm elections if his name had been on the list of candidates, stressing his willingness to accept the election results amid expectations that the Democrats will achieve a large majority in the House of Representatives.
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The midterm elections for the US Congress took place amid a state of popular dissatisfaction with the economic conditions and the performance of the president.
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday evening that if his name had been on the list of candidates for the midterm congressional elections, the Republicans would have won in a sweep.
Estimates indicate that Democrats may achieve their largest majority in the US House of Representatives since the early 1990s, as their number of seats may exceed 260 seats.
Trump wrote in a post on his “Truth Social” platform: “I was not on the list of candidates. If I had been included, we would have won in a sweep!” President Donald J. Trump."
Earlier, Trump announced during a phone interview with the New York Times that he would accept the election results. “I am fully prepared to accept these results,” Trump told the newspaper.
The outcome of the midterm congressional elections, on Tuesday, was expected and prepared by Trump and his advisors, even as he launched an intense, month-long campaign in Republican states in an effort to maintain the Republican majority in Congress.
The preliminary results of a poll conducted by CNN indicated a widespread state of dissatisfaction among voters regarding the country's conditions, the state of the economy, and the job performance of US President Donald Trump.
At the local level, about three-quarters of voters expressed their feeling of dissatisfaction or worse with the way things are in the country, while about 4 out of every 10 voters described themselves as feeling angry.

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