Trump vows to use veto power after Democrats take Congress

Summarised from Independent World's report · Updated 4 Nov, 10:00 · Archive

Trump has signalled he will use his veto power to block legislation after Democrats won control of both houses of Congress in the midterm elections.

Donald Trump has said he will use his veto power to block legislation from the new Democratic-led Congress after Republicans suffered what outlets describe as a crushing defeat in the midterm elections. Trump posted a veto reference to his Truth Social account as results showed Republican Senate candidates losing in Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Carolina and other traditional strongholds.

In a Fox News interview after midnight on Wednesday, Trump said: 'The power of veto is one of the stronger powers that a president has, and they'll send over things that are insane, and I'll veto them.' He suggested that after 'a couple of months of vetoes' Congress would seek compromise. Trump has used his veto power 12 times across his two terms. Congress retains the ability to override a veto by voting with two-thirds majorities in both chambers.

Read the report

• ‘Still your President’: Trump had such a bad election night that his spokesman had to send a reminderTrump was mocked on social media as a lame duck as he lost control of CongressIndependent World · 4 Nov, 08:17
• Trump’s one-word cap post reveals his sudden lame-duck role after losing CongressPresident signals defiance in face of his party’s crushing defeat in midterm electionsIndependent World · 4 Nov, 05:26

In this story: Donald Trump · Congress · Democrats · Republicans · Fox News

This summary was written by AI from the headlines and standfirsts above, and states as fact only what at least two outlets report. How we use AI · Report a problem · Corrections log