President Donald Trump criticized Republican candidates after Tuesday's election losses, claiming winning is "easy" when focusing on the "facts."

Taking a detour to recommend a number of books, including one by Rep. Barry Loudermilk and another by Trump counselor Peter Navarro, the president then graduated to celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Nov. 5, 2024 election that secured him a second term in the White House.

"We are the ones that have done a great job on affordability... but we just lost an election, they said, based on affordability," Trump said Nov. 6.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday morning that the ongoing government shutdown was partly to blame for Republican election losses on Election Day.

Jimmy Kimmel sees Tuesday’s election results as a clear bad sign for President Donald Trump. Tuesday’s elections saw the defeat of several high-profile Republican candidates across the country. The most devastating result for the MAGA world was the decisive victory of NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani over Trump-backed Andrew Cuomo.

Here are seven takeaways from Tuesday’s elections: In the blue states of California, New Jersey and Virginia, Newsom, Sherrill and Spanberger effectively used Trump as a foil for their electoral efforts. Trump wasn’t on the ballot Tuesday — a fact he quickly trotted out on Truth Social to rationalize the wake of setbacks for his party.

Democratic gubernatorial candidates Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey won both elections, receiving campaign support from former President Obama.

President Trump is back in Florida after his speech Nov. 5 to the America Business Forum in Miami that previewed themes for his midterm election case.

Trump's campaign-style speech to business leaders in Miami was designed to tout his economic accomplishments as voters increasingly say his administration is not doing enough.