Trump also questioned election machines, writing: “It’s all about the machines, which are far more important than the voter!”

Later that day, while addressing journalists, he remarked: “I think the numbers were terrible in terms of early votes, you look at all those early votes.”

Why did Trump say Republicans lost the midterms?

He has offered multiple explanations since the vote for the Republican’s poor performance.

On Sunday, he told CBS 60 Minutes interviewer Ross Douthat that his immigration and deportation policies were ‘too tough’, adding: “I think ultimately… that hurt me.”

He also blamed the war in Iran for costing votes, telling Fox News by phone as results came in: “People agree with what I’m doing on Iran, but they probably weren’t willing to deal with the short term consequence of paying more for gasoline.”