US President Donald Trump has blamed the Democrats’ gains in the midterm elections for a claimed $3 trillion loss in the US, while defending his decision to strike Iran .
Speaking to reporters in Florida, Trump linked the market fall to the election results and said stopping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon remained a priority.
“By the way, I was not on the ballot. Because if we were on the ballot, we would have won.”, just in case you had any question,.
As per Bloomberg, Trump said something similar at an event also. “You know our country lost $3 trillion all because of an election,” he said.
The conflict had angered many voters. He also spoke about the fall in AI and technology stocks this week. Investors are worried that Democrats may introduce stricter rules for these industries.
Trump rejected blame for the Republican losses and defended his decision to strike Iran, according to Bloomberg.
The new event, called CapeWeek, is expected to begin in 2028 at the Kennedy Space Center. Republicans lost control of both chambers of Congress and several key state-level races in Tuesday’s elections. Democrats have promised to increase their scrutiny of the Trump administration in the next Congress. They are also expected to examine private companies that may have benefited from their links to the White House , amid public anger over corruption claims and the rising cost of living. He spoke at the UP Summit, a gathering of transport and aerospace investors. “You’ll have all of the big commercial flights and companies, Boeing, everybody’s going to be here. “But those foreign countries do not dominate aviation, and they don’t dominate aerospace.
Friday’s event at the John F Kennedy Space Center was Trump’s first scheduled speech since Republicans suffered losses in Tuesday’s elections, according to Bloomberg. Trump said the US would host the “biggest air show anywhere in the world” in about two years. “Those foreign air shows have drawn the biggest crowds and big contracts, big headlines,” Trump said. It is being developed through a partnership involving NASA, the state of Florida and Space Florida, according to Bloomberg.
