What Trump's final 2 years in office will look like with Democrats in charge
President Trump is navigating a transition period as Democrats prepare to take control of both the House and Senate in 2027. Incoming Democratic committee chairs are planning aggressive oversight and investigations into the Trump family's business dealings and administration actions.
Why it matters
The shift in congressional power sets the stage for a contentious final two years of the Trump presidency, likely marked by significant legislative gridlock and high-profile investigations.
Washington — President Trump seems to be reconsidering his approach to Democrats after Tuesday's massive Republican election losses and has so far made contradictory comments about how he plans to deal with them as they take control of the Senate and the House in January. "We're going to work with the Democrats," the president told Politico as GOP defeats were beginning to stack up Tuesday night, though in a phone call with CBS News' Robert Costa before polls closed, he had said, "I have the ultimate power — it's called 'veto.'" By Wednesday afternoon, he had merged the two approaches."I'll get along, probably, with the Democrats, unless they want to be destructive, but I have the power of the veto," the president told reporters at the White House ballroom construction site Wednesday.
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