特朗普总统表示，如果他在选票上，共和党本应在周二的中期选举中获胜。
President Trump said Republicans would have won Tuesday's midterm elections had he been on the ballot. Why it matters:
重要性：在主要竞选结果出炉前，特朗普曾在社交媒体上发泄不满，周二晚间随着“蓝色浪潮”初现端倪，他首次对结果作出反应。
After raging on social media before major races were called, Trump reacted to the results for the first time Tuesday night as a blue wave began to take shape. What they're saying:
他们怎么说：“我不在选票上，如果我在，我们会大获全胜！感谢你们对此事的关注，”他在周二晚间在 Truth Social 上的一篇帖子中写道。
"I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE! Thank you for your attention to this matter," he wrote in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday night.
- 在另一篇帖子中，他说他将“成为一名政治评论员，无论好坏，分析这些候选人获胜和失败的原因！”
• In a separate post, he said he was "going to become a Political Pundit, both good and bad, on the reasons these Candidates won and lost!" State of play:
局势：民主党已翻转多个共和党把持的参议院席位，詹姆斯·塔拉里科在得克萨斯州、安妮·安德鲁斯在南卡罗来纳州、谢罗德·布朗在俄亥俄州以及前州长罗伊·库珀在北卡罗来纳州获胜。
Democrats have flipped several Republican-held Senate seats, with wins by James Talarico in Texas, Annie Andrews in South Carolina, Sherrod Brown in Ohio and former Gov. Roy Cooper in North Carolina.
- 这些胜利使民主党更接近重夺参议院控制权，前提是他们守住现有席位。
• The victories bring Democrats closer to reclaiming control of the chamber, provided they hold their existing seats.
- 根据美联社统计，民主党在众议院也取得重大进展，在关键战场竞选中翻转了六个共和党把持的席位，更接近多数派地位。
• Democrats have also made major gains in the House, flipping six Republican-held seats in key battleground races and moving closer to a majority, per AP.
- 民主党甚至在佐治亚州、得克萨斯州和爱荷华州翻转了州长职位。特朗普还告诉《纽约时报》，他“绝对愿意接受”结果。
• Democrats have even flipped the governorships in Georgia, Texas and Iowa. Trump also told the New York Times he is "absolutely willing to accept" the results.
- “我们将与民主党合作，我们将，你知道，期待与他们合作，”他说。“我们大概会达成一些协议。”
• "We'll work with the Democrats, and we'll, you know, look forward to working with them," he said. "We'll probably work something out."
- 特朗普还告诉《Politico》，他在美东时间晚上 11 点左右与民主党领袖通了话，渴望与他们达成协议，而不是在任期最后两年花时间否决立法。
• Trump also told Politico he spoke with Democratic leaders around 11pm ET and is eager to strike deals with them rather than spend his final two years in office vetoing legislation.
- 大约一小时后，特朗普发布了一顶印有“veto”（否决）字样的帽子。
• About an hour later, Trump posted a hat with the word "veto" on it.