Democrats celebrated their return to the majority in the US House of Representatives yesterday in a midterm rebuke to President Donald Trump, who still escaped a feared “blue wave” as his Republicans bolstered their Senate majority after a polarizing, racially charged campaign.

Heralded by Trump as a “tremendous success,” Tuesday’s Republican Senate victories will all but end any immediate talk of impeachment, even as the Democratic-led House will enjoy investigative powers to put new checks on his roller-coaster presidency, analysts said.

As polling data was pouring in from across the country showing a Democratic takeover, New York congressman Jerry Nadler issued a warning to the president.

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“This election was about accountability,” The Democrat who is now slated to become the chair of the House Judiciary Committee said.

“Donald Trump may not like hearing it but for the first time, his administration is going to be held accountable.

“He’s going to learn that he’s not above the law.”

Reports said the reality show-host-turned-president is finding out how it feels to be one of the “losers” he usually mocks. And has he responded with humility? Did the former billionaire real estate dealer and ringmaster at “The Apprentice” appear downcast? No. Trump was triumphant.

He tweeted that the midterm elections in which Democrats defeated his Republicans to control the lower house of Congress for the first time in eight years were “a tremendous success.”

Trump took to Twitter to hail his party’s performance and declare victory. “Received so many Congratulations from so many on our Big Victory last night, including from foreign nations (friends) that were waiting me out, and hoping, on Trade Deals,” Trump wrote early yesterday.

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“Now we can all get back to work and get things done!”

His eye-popping enthusiasm after losing half of Congress on Tuesday is not as unrealistic as it might appear: his Republicans have retained and even expanded their Senate majority, while fighting with the House may yet be to his advantage when it comes to his own reelection in two years.

He’s a president who since his shock 2016 election win against heavy favorite Hillary Clinton has repeatedly torn up the expected script to write his own. He was set to give his first post-election press conference in the White House East Room, spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said as at press time.

Network projections had said Democrats would take control of the House for the first time in eight years, upending the balance of power in Washington, where Trump enjoyed an easy ride following his shock 2016 election with Republican dominance of both chambers.

Democrats were on course to flip at least 27 seats from Republican hands, with strong performances among suburban white women who had narrowly turned to Trump two years ago and in key battleground states such as Pennsylvania.

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In the 100-member Senate, with final, complete results not yet tallied as at press time, news reports said the Republicans had won at least 51 seats.

Representative Nancy Pelosi, who, some reports said is likely to return as speaker of the House despite opposition from some centrist Democrats, promised that the party will serve as a counterweight but also work with Trump.

“Today is more than about Democrats and Republicans. It’s about restoring the constitution’s checks and balances to the Trump administration,” Pelosi told a news conference. But she added: “A Democratic Congress will work for solutions that bring us together, because we have all had enough of division.”

Democrats will now be able to block legislation and light a fire under Trump’s feet with investigations of his opaque finances and Russian interference in the 2016 election.