No regrets: Trump says Iran war justified despite polls drubbing

“We actually have the greatest economy, but because of the gasoline price, people don’t see it as much as they would have without it. And the gasoline was caused by Iran,” he told Fox News in a televised phone interview late on Tuesday. “People agree with what I’m doing on Iran, but they really probably weren’t willing to do the short-term consequence of paying more for gasoline.

I understand that. I don’t agree with it.” Speaking to The Wall Street Journal about the Republican defeats , Trump said about the Iran war: “I did the right thing. I would have done it again.” But Vice President JD Vance, a likely 2028 presidential candidate and heir apparent to Trump’s Make America Great Again movement, appeared to diverge from Trump’s thinking on the wisdom of the conflict.

“The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night,” he wrote.