After crushing losses in the midterm elections, the President and his deputy had different people to blame for the Republican party’s poor performance
Washington: The man who posts on social media at the drop of a hat, at all times and at odd hours, sometimes a dozen posts an hour, was rendered rather speechless after an electoral loss for the ages. Now a lame-duck president for all purposes but still armed with enormous executive powers, Donald Trump reacted to the Republican rout first with a mix of denial and defiance, and later with nonchalance and some conciliation.
His initial reaction when the Democratic demolition came into view early Tuesday was one of denial.