Trump: Iran war worth it despite Republican losses — SkimNews
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- Republicans lost control of Congress in the November 2026 U.S. midterms, a result Trump acknowledged was linked to the Iran war even as he said the war "has been worth it."
- Trump said "as far as that war is concerned, I would have done nothing different," telling reporters "The Iran thing we had to do, and we continue to do it."
- Iran was the stated rationale: Trump said the war was worth it to stop Tehran from "having a nuclear weapon."
- Vance, the vice president, wrote in a social media post on November 4 referring to deep electoral losses and saying "the reason we lost is the war"; Trump said he was okay with it.
- Gasoline prices spiked because of the Iran war, and that spike was seen as a strong factor in why Democrats made big gains in the midterms.
- Trump said that if he had been on the ballot, "we would have won," adding that the "love" at his rallies could not be transferred to Republican candidates.
Why it matters: With gasoline prices driving Democrats' gains and Republicans losing control of Congress, Trump is not adjusting course: "we continue to do it." The party that lost the midterms is now led by a president publicly tying its defeat to a war he says was worth it and must go on.
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