'This is a disaster': Angry Republicans blame Trump for midterms defeat
A BBC News article by Washington correspondent Daniel Bush reports that Republicans' shock at losing the 2026 midterms quickly turned to anger at Donald Trump, after Democrats flipped both chambers of Congress with upsets in deep-red states like Texas, Kansas and South Carolina. Republicans interviewed by the BBC blamed Trump's focus on his legacy, the Iran war, tariffs and Washington construction projects, though Trump himself wrote on Truth Social that he was not on the ballot and would otherwise have won in a landslide, while some allies defended his campaigning and several Republicans looked ahead to a wide-open 2028 race.
