U.S. President Donald Trump addressed the midterm election defeat by confirming that the armed conflict in Iran was a primary driver behind Democrats taking Congress. Soaring gasoline prices caused by the war weighed heavily on voters, reinforcing public dissatisfaction at the ballot box. Trump also endorsed Vice President JD Vance's assessment that the military campaign was directly responsible for the party's deep losses. Still, Trump maintained he would not change his decision to order the military intervention.
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Trump defended the military strikes as entirely necessary to stop Tehran from successfull…: Trump defended the military strikes as entirely necessary to stop Tehran from successfully developing a nuclear weapon.
The president maintained that his party's candidates were unable to successfully transfer…: The president maintained that his party's candidates were unable to successfully transfer his personal rally support to their campaigns.
Trump asserted that Republicans would have carried the midterm elections if his name had…: Trump asserted that Republicans would have carried the midterm elections if his name had been directly on the ballot.
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Trump says Republicans harmed by Iran war, inability to 'transfer the love' for him
US President Donald Trump said the war was necessary to stop Iran from “having a nuclear weapon” and added that he “would have done nothing different”.
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (Nov 4) the Iran war has been worth it despite acknowledging its role in losses in US midterm elections in which his Republican party lost control of Congress.
"The Iran thing we had to do, and we continue to do it," he told reporters.
The Iran war was responsible for a spike in gasoline prices that were seen as a strong factor in why Democrats made big gains in the elections.
Trump said the war has been worth it to stop Tehran from "having a nuclear weapon."
He said he was okay with Vice President JD Vance's social media post earlier on Wednesday in which Vance referred to deep electoral losses and said "the reason we lost is the war."
"I can tell you that as far as that war is concerned,…
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