Trump Asks Whether the Midterm Was Honest. He Points to Giant Early-Vote ‘Dumps’ and the Machines.

President Trump started Monday with a question for the whole country about last week’s midterms.

“Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest. How could the Polls be so wrong??? Some early voting ‘dumps’ were so large that it was impossible to win, no matter how many people went to vote. It’s all about the machines, which are far more important than the voter!” Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday morning, signing it “President DJT.”

Why it’s a turn

It’s a sharper tone than the president struck right after Election Day. Asked before the vote whether he’d accept the results, Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews, “If they are honest elections, yup,” Mediaite reported. On election night he told The New York Times he was “absolutely willing to accept those results,” and a day later he said, “I’ll get along probably with the Democrats unless they want to be destructive,” CNBC reported.

In his 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday, recorded Friday, he blamed some of the losses on his own deportation push being “too tough.” Monday’s post puts the focus on how the votes were cast and counted instead.

What he didn’t say

The post doesn’t name a state, a county, a machine maker or a batch of ballots. It doesn’t say he rejects the results or plans a legal challenge.

What he’s pointing at

Trump has been building this case for days. On Saturday he shared a post calling Texas results “Looney Tunes numbers,” which unga.news checked against the official counts. In Arizona, a ballot reviewer inside Maricopa County’s counting center claimed crossed-out Andy Biggs votes were going to Gov. Katie Hobbs, and state law says every one of those calls is logged, as unga.news reported.

Two Senate races still aren’t called. Democrats Mary Peltola in Alaska and Scott Colom in Mississippi hold narrow leads over Republican Sens. Dan Sullivan and Cindy Hyde-Smith as counting goes on, NBC News reported Monday.

Congress comes back today for the lame-duck session, and Senate Republicans vote on their next leader Tuesday morning.