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Haberman reports Trump's inner circle sees a "processing state"

The New York Times correspondent contrasts his subdued public response with private discussions of voter frustration over inflation and Iran.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 393,060 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (30,687).

How Trump Is Reacting to the Midterm Results

"I'll get along probably with the Democrats," Donald Trump says in the clip that opens Maggie Haberman's analysis. It is a markedly different tone from the combative campaign footage she places beside it.

In "How Trump Is Reacting to the Midterm Results," the New York Times White House correspondent examines that contrast after Republicans' sweeping losses. People close to Trump describe him as being in a "processing state," she reports, while he publicly distances himself from the result.

Haberman draws on conversations with more than 70 insiders to describe voter frustration over inflation and the war in Iran. Trump acknowledges the war's electoral impact but defends his decision: "I knew the war was going to impact it, but whether it impacted or not, Iran can't have a nuclear weapon."

His other explanation is more personal: "If I was on the ballot, we would have won." Meanwhile, cameras follow him around White House ballroom construction and toward a helipad. Haberman sets those images against discontent over projects that people close to him regard as vanity projects.

The Short has drawn more than a quarter-million views in its opening hours, well ahead of the channel's usual Shorts audience. A separate fast-starting Times upload, "Republicans React After Losses in the Midterms," broadens the picture: other Republicans reject Trump's ballot explanation and place responsibility on him.

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