Donald Trump has pointed to his nation’s history of high government shutdowns as a cause of a wave of poor election outcomes this week that have come a year into his second term in the White House.

In a morning meeting with senators of his governing Republican Party in Washington, DC, the US president lamented the political stalemate, now in its 36th day, which is gripping the federal employees and other vital services in the land.

Last night on 4th November, Republicans lost in several elections that took place across the nation, but none of them is going to add up to the number of seats in the US Congress.

However, in New York City, the homeland of Mr Trump, left-wing reformer Zohran Mamdani, whom the president constantly criticizes, took a decisive victory in a controversial mayoral race.

On the other hand, both the state of New Jersey and Virginia have chosen Democratic governors, the primary political opponent of the Republicans.

Both candidates, Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger, have performed more than anticipated in order to secure comfortable wins.

Mr Trump informed the senators on 5th November that he wished to discuss with them what the previous night symbolized, and what they should do about it.

According to him, the pollsters were saying that the shutdown was a huge negative for the republicans.

The president even speculated that one of the factors that had made his party’s candidates lose the elections in such big numbers was the fact that I was not on the ballot.

To make matters worse, there is the outcome of the special election in the most populous state in the country, California, which has redrawn its electoral districts to give the Democrats, who are more dominant in California politics, a better chance in the future.

His liberal governor, Gavin Newsom, spent months and days winding Mr Trump up on the changes, claiming that his new beautiful maps are needed to fight the same Republican tricks in other states.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance went to social media and wrote that Republicans would be idiotic to overreact to the results.

The president made the remarks on Wednesday concerning the shutdown, as it was the longest ever to hit the historical record at 35 days, which had been reached in 2019, at the beginning of his first term in office.

Mr Trump has repeatedly accused the opposition Democratic Party politicians of the stalemate, which has resulted in a few federal employees being without pay for weeks, and even some vital government programs being halted.

Nevertheless, according to polling, most Americans attribute the situation to the republican politicians and the administration of Mr Trump.

When the Senate Republicans intend to reopen the government, they need a number of Democrats to support the bills, although they hold the majority.

Until they do, any attempt to reopen the government gets trapped in an endless round of being discussed, which is called a filibuster.

Mr Trump has urged his party to adopt a nuclear solution and make an effort to abolish the filibuster laws, which most Republicans have not been keen on doing, lest a wave of unrestrained Democratic reforms occur whenever their party is next in power.

Democrats have so far been rejecting such a move, and they have insisted that the government should rescind a ruling to repeal healthcare subsidies before they win any compromises on other legislation.

The subsidies lapsed on the weekend, and thus, individuals who rely on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of the country, also referred to as Obamacare, to obtain health insurance will receive a higher quote.

The shutdown has impacted most of the daily activities in the US.

Services that are being operated by the federal government, such as mail delivery and air traffic control, are either down or are being operated by workers who are not paid.

Public museums are shut. There is a lack of preservation of national parks.

According to the Department of Agriculture, it no longer has funds to cover monthly grocery payments as part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program or SNAP, which benefits an estimated 42 million people.