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White House election gathering felt like a funeral, attendees told NYT

South Korea's Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) recounts the subdued election-night gathering behind Trump's public acceptance of Republican losses.

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Some guests began leaving the White House before 10 p.m. as Republican defeats accumulated, according to a New York Times account relayed in MBC's election roundup. Attendees described the atmosphere as dark and funereal.

The report places Donald Trump in the East Room watching election coverage with senior officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Other Trump allies privately told the newspaper they were glad not to have been in Washington that night.

That account provides the behind-the-scenes thread in a compilation about Democrats taking both chambers of Congress and winning in longstanding Republican strongholds. MBC highlights Kansas, where it describes the Democratic Senate victory as the party's first in 94 years, and examines whether Trump's endorsements became a burden for the candidates he supported.

The president's public response combined acceptance with a warning about the power he retains. MBC recounts his late-night interview with the Times, in which he said he would accept the results and looked forward to working with Democrats.

Later, he posted a photograph of a red cap bearing the word "VETO" on Truth Social. There was no accompanying explanation. MBC interprets the image as a signal that Trump could block legislation passed by the incoming Democratic Congress.

The report raises the prospect of a weakened presidency with two years remaining in his term. It does not describe a president leaving office: its central tension is between Democrats' new congressional leverage and Trump's continuing ability to resist their legislation.

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