What Trump’s final 2 years in office will look like with Democrats in charge

November 5, 2026 / 7:23 PM EST / CBS News

Washington — President Trump seems to be reconsidering his approach to Democrats after Tuesday's massive Republican election losses and has so far made contradictory comments about how he plans to deal with them as they take control of the Senate and the House in January.

"We're going to work with the Democrats," the president told Politico as GOP defeats were beginning to stack up Tuesday night, though in a phone call with CBS News' Robert Costa before polls closed, he had said, "I have the ultimate power — it's called 'veto.'"

By Wednesday afternoon, he had merged the two approaches.

"I'll get along, probably, with the Democrats, unless they want to be destructive, but I have the power of the veto," the president told reporters at the White House ballroom construction site Wednesday. On Thursday, a red hat that said "VETO" sat on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.

But Democrats may not be the only source of friction ahead. After two years of working in lockstep with Mr. Trump, some Republicans may prove more willing to defy the term-limited president to try to salvage their political careers.

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