President Donald Trump is weighing how to govern after Democrats seized both chambers of Congress, floating cooperation even while reminding rivals that he can veto nearly anything they pass.

As midterm results confirmed a Democratic wave, Trump told an interviewer he had already taken calls from Democrats who want to work with him. He said he does not want to spend two years only striking down legislation, while stressing that the veto remains his. He later posted imagery playing on the word veto, underlining the leverage he still holds.

Democrats have secured comfortable majorities in the House and Senate on the counts reported so far, yet they lack the two thirds margins needed to override a presidential veto in either chamber. Analysts say that leaves three broad paths for the White House: veto bills, lean harder on executive orders, or cut selective deals.

Trump has already signed hundreds of executive orders across his current term, a habit that may grow if Capitol Hill turns hostile. Scholars of American politics expect stretches of gridlock, with Democrats advancing priorities they know may die on his desk and the president picking moments to bargain when he wants a win.

For markets, allies and domestic agencies, the practical question is which files invite compromise and which invite confrontation. Immigration, spending, artificial intelligence rules and foreign military authorities all sit in the contested middle. The midterms changed the arithmetic; they did not remove the veto pen.