Is Trump really a ‘lame duck’ after losing both houses of US Congress?

Democrats have flipped some long-held Republican seats and secured a majority in both houses of the US Congress , but a defiant President Donald Trump has given a mixed reaction, expressing his willingness to accept the results and work with the Democrats while also positioning himself to put up a fight. In posts on Truth Social following Tuesday’s midterm vote, Trump pinned the defeat on the fact that he wasn’t personally on the ballot, stressing that if he had been running, Republicans would have “won IN A LANDSLIDE!