Did Iran War Cause His Party's Midterms Defeat? "Largely True," Says Trump

Donald Trump had a short and a long answer when asked whether the war in Iran, which the US launched along with Israel in February, was the reason for his Republican Party's defeat in the midterm polls on Wednesday."Largely true," he said, when a reporter at the White House mentioned Vice President JD Vance's X post that "the reason we lost is the war". Vance said many voters who backed Trump in the 2024 presidential polls abandoned Republicans due to frustration over the Middle East conflict.Trump's Longer AnswerTrump followed up with longer sentences.

"I think it's largely true because it drove the gasoline [prices] up a little bit in the short term," he said of Iran as a factor. "At the same time, if I had to do it again...

I will have to do it again," he added, apparently speaking of strikes on the country.#WATCH | On Vice President JD Vance blaming the war with Iran for the Republicans' defeat in the 2026 midterms, US President Donald Trump says, "I'll get along, with the Democrats, unless they want to be destructive.