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IrelandTrump's veto threat doubles as an invitation to negotiate
A Japanese report from Washington examines his plan to bring Democrats to the bargaining table after Republican midterm losses.
JapanStory of Why this story? One of 日テレNEWS's most watched videos since yesterday, with 2,189,786 views.
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Keep vetoing bills, and Democrats will eventually call to negotiate: that is the strategy Donald Trump outlined after Republicans lost control of Congress, according to Japan's Nippon Television News report from Washington.
The news zero segment begins outside the White House and draws on Trump's November 4 telephone interview with Fox News. The president accepted the election outcome and expressed surprise, saying he had expected Republicans to perform better. He also identified Iran as a contributing factor in the defeat, the report says.
His proposed response to a Democratic-led legislature is transactional. By exercising his veto for several months, Trump suggested, he could push Democrats into seeking deals. The report presents that as an attempt to turn a defensive presidential power into negotiating leverage, rather than a promise of immediate cooperation.
Footage of election celebrations accompanies the correspondent's assessment that anger over high prices helped drive the result. The segment also cites The New York Times's interpretation that dissatisfied voters had signaled the beginning of the end of the Trump era, an assessment attributed to the newspaper, not an established outcome.
The correspondent closes with a question extending beyond Congress: whether tighter constraints at home will encourage Trump to seek achievements in foreign policy and national security.
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What presidential power does Trump propose using to bring Democrats into negotiations?
The report says Trump suggested repeated vetoes would eventually prompt Democrats to call and negotiate.