# Trump acknowledges war's impact on midterms after Democrats' sweeping victories

https://mins.news/en/video/129891

- ABC News, 2026-11-05 00:50 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8fv-gbSeG8

> In his first public remarks after the midterms, Trump focused on his ballroom construction project and acknowledged the war's impact on the election. Hakeem Jeffries called the results an “American tsunami.”

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