# Trump seeks to shift blame but has ‘nowhere to hide’ after midterm defeat

https://mins.news/en/video/129152

- France 24 English, 2026-11-04 14:13 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki0PB6PEkjk

> Donald Trump has tried to blame others for the Republicans’ midterm defeat, saying the party would have won if he had been on the ballot. But France 24 Washington correspondent Fraser Jackson says Trump’s decisions directly fueled the “blue wave” that gave Democrats control of Congress.

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