Trump vows comeback as bitter showdown with Congress looms

Washington U.S. President Donald Trump vowed a political comeback on Sunday (November 8, 2026) after his Republican Party lost control of both houses of Congress in midterm elections that amounted to an unequivocal repudiation of his turbulent Presidency. Trump debacle: On the U.S.

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Trump politically hamstrung as he enters the remaining two-year 'lame duck' period of his White House tenure, while opening the door to multiple investigations by the Democrat-controlled Congress into the President, his family and senior members of his administration. "America took a giant step back in History with the results of the last Election," Mr. Trump said in a post on Truth Social, adding that the stock market that had grown during his tenure took a loss after the vote.