Trump Begins Midterm Election Day Bracing for Grim Political News, Aides Say

[DonViejo]

By Michael D. Shear and Maggie Haberman
Nov. 6, 2018

President Trump began Election Day bracing for grim political news as people across the country voted in midterm contests that will deliver the first nationwide referendum on his presidency.

The mood inside the White House was gloomy, according to aides and people in contact with the president. Mr. Trump, who had no public events on his schedule, waited to see whether his dark closing message about the dangers of illegal immigration could once again help him defy the polls — this time showing that Democrats are likely to win control of the House and many governorships.

For days, Mr. Trump’s advisers have warned him that the losses could be brutal, even as they have said that the Senate should be a bright spot. Advisers acknowledge that Mr. Trump has a problem with women voters as he begins his own re-election effort.

Mr. Trump knows that his rhetoric may have gone too far at times, people close to him said, a sentiment which was reflected in an interview Mr. Trump had with an ABC affiliate owned by the Trump-friendly Sinclair Broadcasting.

“I would like to have a much softer tone. I feel, to a certain extent, I have no choice. But maybe I do,” Mr. Trump told the affiliate when asked about his regrets from his first two years in office. “And maybe I could’ve been softer from that standpoint.”

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[redstatebluegirl]

1. He is depressed because he thinks every woman wants him and they DON'T!!

[Liberal Veteran]

2. I find I can contemplate his misfortune with enormous fortitude.

Or if you prefer, fuck him and the misshapen animal on his head.

[Achilleaze]

3. "A bucket of Extra Crispy, and 3 freaking scoops for desert." - Dirty Donny* (R)

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[Control-Z]

6. You could have included a warning in your subject line. Ick, ick, ick.

I could happily go the rest of my life without seeing another pic of that maggot. I wish DU could be a maggot pic free zone.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. "Hello, Suicide Hotline, I'm putting you on hold, Mr. Trump"

I can dream, can't I?

[Wintryjade]

5. Speak softly while spouting hate, bigotry, and misogyny. Right.

[niyad]

7. still praying for cholesterol to do its damned job!! or apoplexy. . . don't care which!!

[Totally Tunsie]

8. Hopefully, tonight will drive Dirty Donnie to have the first alcohol in his life,

and he'll wake with a massive two-year hangover.