Trump says will work with Democrats, then posts a ‘VETO’ hat

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was “absolutely willing” to accept the results of the midterm elections and was prepared to work with Democrats. This was Trump's first reaction after the Democrats began leading in both the Senates and the House of Representatives.

“I am absolutely willing to accept those results,” he said in an interview with The New York Times. He added: “We’ll work with the Democrats, and we’ll, you know, look forward to working with them. We’ll probably work something out.” However, minutes after the first reaction, Trump took to his Truth Social platform and posted a photo of a hat that read "VETO".

Though the post didn't made any mention apart from the image, the term "veto" sparked speculations on his next move. In an earlier post, Trump said that the Republicans' losses were due to the fact that he was not on the ballot.

He also said that he had no regrets about endorsing candidates like Senator Darline Graham, Republican of South Carolina, and Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas. "I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE," he said in a post on Truth Social.

The Republicans have suffered a major setback in the US midterms, with the Democrats leading in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. In the Senate, the Democrats were leading in 191 seats, while the Republicans were leading in 110 seats.

In the House of Representatives, Democrats were leading in 52 seats seats, the Republicans were leading only in 40, the projections by The New York Times showed.