US President Donald Trump told Fox News late Tuesday that the Iran war played a role in the stunning midterm election defeat for his Republican Party. “I think a part of it was Iran, but at the same time, people understood the importance of what I’ve done with Iran,” Trump said in a telephone interview with Fox.
The renewed diplomatic push comes despite US President Donald Trump threatening to renew strikes on Iran after this week's midterm elections.
Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that a return to war would benefit “no one”, hours after reported US strikes on an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz. The US strikes, reported by The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The New York Times and other outlets, hit Qeshm island in the Hormuz waterway, a key flashpoint of the Middle East war that has upended global markets.
US president makes surprise election day announcement, saying country does not ‘need’ $4bn annual payment Donald Trump has said that the US will end military aid to Israel at the end of this year in a surprise election day announcement that appeared to be targeted at voters sceptical of US support for Israel and the war in Gaza. In a phone interview with Fox News as voting began on Tuesday morning, Trump said the US would cut nearly $4bn (£2.96bn) in military aid to Israel because “they don’t need it.”
Hit hard by Trump's tariffs and the war on Iran, countries in the Asia-Pacific want 'enormous changes' in US policies.
US Vice President JD Vance said Monday that he and President Donald Trump were optimistic about securing a deal with Iran, after Tehran revealed indirect negotiations with Washington. “The president and I both feel pretty good about the prospects for potentially coming to a negotiated settlement,” Vance told reporters.
United States President Donald Trump has said he is prepared to accept the outcome of the country’s midterm elections and work with Democrats, as results showed the opposition party heading towards control of both chambers of Congress. The President further said he had no regrets about endorsing Republican candidates, including South Carolina Senator Darline Graham and Texas Attorney-General Ken Paxton, who both lost their Senate bids.