# Donald Trump would like to change the subject

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/donald-trump-would-like-to-change-the-subject/
- Published: 2026-11-04T23:25:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T01:05:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Vox (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/509311/donald-trump-midterms-defeat-ballroom-iran
- Topics: Elections, Government, Politics

## Key points

- Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress.
- Trump offered a subdued response and focused on a White House ballroom.
- He acknowledged the Iran war may have contributed to Republican losses.

## Summary

Democrats won sweeping victories in the midterm elections, taking control of both chambers of Congress and ending two years of unified Republican control. The results were a rebuke of Donald Trump and his administration, but his muted response suggested he was trying to shift attention elsewhere.

Trump blamed Republican candidates and his absence from the ballot in social media posts, but did not make his usual claims of election fraud. At a public appearance focused on a partly built White House ballroom, he discussed its design and signed a steel beam; when asked about the Iran war’s role in the losses, he said the criticism was “largely true” but that he would make the same decision again. One adviser said Trump was unlikely to challenge results on a scale they described as “too big to rig”.

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