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Trump separates himself from midterm defeat in Meiselas's Fox review

MeidasTouch's election recap pairs the president's congratulations to Democrats with his complaints about polling and insistence that he was not on the ballot.

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Trump PANICS after HISTORIC LOSS!!!

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1:24Earlier Trump and allied dismissals of polling are juxtaposed with Democratic pickup projections.
4:26Trump congratulates Democrats while distancing himself from responsibility for the defeat.
5:25Meiselas highlights Democratic victories in Texas with Austin celebrations and social media reactions.
7:26Trump criticizes Fox News polling during his phone-in.
8:22Fox excerpts debate economic messaging, healthcare and gas prices; de Blasio later emphasizes opposition to the Iran war.

Ben Meiselas builds his MeidasTouch election review around a contrast: Donald Trump congratulates Democrats on their victories, then rejects the idea that the result is a verdict on him.

"Congratulations to the Democrats. They did a good job," Trump says in one Fox News clip. Later comes the distinction he wants to make: "I don't like to consider it a defeat for me. I wasn't on the ballot."

Published on November 4, the commentary assembles Democratic victory projections, earlier Republican confidence and Trump's election-night responses. Its title describes Trump as panicking; the substantive thread is how he explains a congressional defeat while distancing himself from responsibility for it.

Polling becomes another target. In his Fox phone-in, Trump tells the network: "The Fox polls are terrible. You ought to get yourself a good pollster." Meiselas places those complaints alongside footage of Democratic celebrations in Texas, including James Talarico declaring, "We just took back Texas."

The broadcast excerpts also expose competing explanations for the result. Karoline Leavitt and Bill de Blasio debate economic messaging, gas prices and healthcare. De Blasio points instead to the Iran war: "You're missing the plot. The American people are looking at a war they do not believe in."

The video has drawn about 1.1 million views. For readers choosing whether to watch, its central offering is that collection of responses: congratulations, polling grievances and a president's effort to draw a line between his party's losses and himself.

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