23 mins ago · United States
‘I wasn’t on the ballot’: Trump deflects blame as Democrats on track to control Congress
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to United States. The first report grouped here was at 4 Nov 2026, 05:48 UTC. The headline in use is “‘I wasn’t on the ballot’: Trump deflects blame as Democrats on track to control Congress”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Follow the SCMP’s live coverage here In what appears to be an early attempt to distance himself from the Democrats’ historic gains, US President Donald Trump has sought to shift attention away from his party’s performance in the midterm elections, taking to social media to remind voters that he “wasn’t…
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‘I wasn’t on the ballot’: Trump deflects blame as Democrats on track to control Congress
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