Trump calls Texas primary results ‘prelude to the midterms’

President Trump referred to Tuesday’s Senate primary runoff in Texas, which saw the Trump-backed state Attorney General Ken Paxton sail to victory over his opponent, as a “prelude to the midterms.”

The president made the comment during a Cabinet meeting at the White House while referencing Iran’s efforts to “outwait him” on peace negotiations, as the ongoing U.S. war with the Middle Eastern nation drives up inflation and energy prices. 

“They thought they were going to outwait me, you know, ‘we’ll outwait him, he’s got the midterms,’” Trump told reporters Wednesday. 

“I don’t care about the midterms; look what happened last night, that was the prelude to the midterms,” he said. 

Paxton, who was endorsed by Trump last week, defeated........

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