Trump says midterm election results were ‘giant step back in history’ for US
Donald Trump called the Republican midterm election loss a giant step back in history and claimed the stock market dropped three trillion dollars in a single day as a result.
US President Donald Trump called the midterm election results a “giant step back in history” after Republicans lost control of Congress.
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social calling the midterm election results, in which Republicans lost Congress, a giant step back in history.
Trump claimed the stock market suffered a three trillion dollar single-day loss and said he expected Republicans to perform better.
Despite the defeat Trump vowed his party would return bigger and stronger, and argued results would have differed had he been on the ballot.
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