Donald Trump was asked about Vice President JD Vance’s remarks on Wednesday blaming the Iran war for the Republicans’ election losses While speaking at the White House about the ballroom construction.
Trump said he largely agreed with Vance’s assessment, attributing the setback partly to a short-term rise in gasoline prices. “I think it’s largely true because it drove the gasoline up a little bit, short term,” Trump said. However, he maintained that military action against Iran was necessary, adding, “The Iran thing, we had to do and we continue to do it.”
“Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. “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.
Earlier Wednesday, JD Vance attributed the Republican Party’s defeat in the 2026 midterm elections to the Iran war and the US relationship with Israel. He said many voters who supported Donald Trump in the 2024 election had shifted their allegiance to Democrats.
In a detailed post on X discussing the election outcome, Vance outlined four key reasons behind the shift in voter support: “End the war”, “Focus on cost of living/inflation”, “Put America First” and “Change our relationship to Israel. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results,” he tweeted on X. “Largely True,” Says Trump Did Iran War Cause His Party’s Midterms Defeat? “Largely True,” Says Trump Earlier reporting noted: “I think it’s largely true because it drove the gasoline [prices] up a little bit in the short term,” Donald Trump said of Iran as a factor. “I think it’s largely true because it drove the gasoline [prices] up a little bit in the short term,” Donald Trump said of Iran as a factor.
Earlier reporting noted: Did Iran War Cause His Party’s Midterms Defeat? Earlier reporting noted: 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.
