Trump Says Democrats Did a 'Good Job' as They Take Control of Congress

Speaking on the night of Tuesday 3 November, as projections showed Democrats winning control of both the Senate and the House, Donald Trump told several US media outlets that the Democrats had done a "good job". According to the BBC, he said he would accept the results and looked forward to working with the opposition party. Those results were still projections, not final vote tallies, when the reporting was published.

Trump also distanced himself from some Republican candidates in the contests. He said that "in some cases they didn't like the candidates, and in some cases those candidates were not my friend." He acknowledged that the US-Israel war on Iran, which has pushed up consumer prices in the United States, had affected the vote, saying "Iran was a piece of it."

The result hands Democrats control of Congress for the rest of Trump's second term. Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, is poised to become speaker if his colleagues keep him as their leader, replacing Republican Mike Johnson. Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine, who had served for three decades, conceded defeat to Democrat Troy Jackson. Democrats also flipped or held key seats and governorships in Texas, Georgia and New Hampshire, according to the BBC's reporting.

Trump's comments did not address how he would handle legislation from a Democratic-led Congress. Reports note that as president he would still hold the power to veto bills that Democrats advance. Final certified counts in the close races had not yet been reported at the time of publication.