President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE on Wednesday said he disagreed with Republicans who are "happy" that GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore lost Tuesday's special Senate election.

“I wish we would have gotten the seat. A lot of Republicans feel differently, they're very happy with the way it turned out," Trump told reporters Wednesday at the White House.

"But I would have, as the leader of the party, I would have liked to have had the seat. I want to endorse the people that are running," he continued.

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His comments come after Moore was defeated Tuesday by Democrat Doug Jones in the Senate race in Alabama.

Jones's victory deals a blow to Trump and Senate Republicans, whose advantage in the upper chamber shrinks to a 51-49 margin.

Trump noted in a tweet following the election that he endorsed Moore's primary opponent, Sen. Luther Strange Luther Johnson StrangeSessions hits back at Trump days ahead of Alabama Senate runoff The biggest political upsets of the decade State 'certificate of need' laws need to go MORE (R-Ala.) because he didn't think Moore could win the general election.

"Roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him!" he tweeted.

The reason I originally endorsed Luther Strange (and his numbers went up mightily), is that I said Roy Moore will not be able to win the General Election. I was right! Roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2017

However, Trump last week threw his full support behind Moore, who was accused within the last few weeks of the race by multiple women of sexual misconduct.

A woman accused Moore of initiating a sexual encounter with her when she was 14 and he was 32. Other women have alleged Moore made inappropriate advances on them when they were teenagers.

Moore has repeatedly denied the allegations of misconduct and said he did not date underaged women.

After the allegations came out against Moore, several Republicans called for the GOP Senate candidate to step aside in the race.

When Moore was defeated Tuesday, multiple Republicans celebrated the election results.