Trump seeks to shift blame but has 'nowhere to hide' after midterms defeat

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would accept the results of US midterm elections — but quickly sought to shift the blame for the historic rout to his fellow Republicans. Time and again on the campaign trail the 80-year-old told Republicans to “pretend I’m on the ballot.” That may have been exactly the problem, as voters put Democrats in control of the House and Senate. But Trump has never been one to take the blame, and in his first reaction to the election results Tuesday he

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Trump seeks to shift blame but has 'nowhere to hide' after midterms defeat

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Inquirer.net (PH): WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would accept the results of US midterm elections — but quickly sought to shift the blame
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The Star Democrat: Trump says willing to accept election results
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france24.com (FR): Donald Trump has sought to shift the blame for the Republicans' defeat at the midterms by claiming that if he had been on the ballot the par