Trump blames Iran war for midterms losses
President Donald Trump said the war in Iran likely contributed to Republican setbacks in the midterm elections, as higher gasoline prices affected voters. Despite the political fallout, he stayed defiant, telling reporters that regarding Iran he would ‘do it again’.
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 supreme leader warned on Wednesday that the Middle East war would widen if the US resumes its attacks, dismissing hopes of a policy shift in Washington after midterm elections dealt a blow to President Donald Trump. “Those who still harbour even the slightest hope that the behaviour of the hegemonic system might change through partisan or factional shifts, or who imagine that making concessions to the United States can dissuade it from hostility towards the Iranian nation, are seriously mistaken,” Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump acknowledged the Republicans’ crushing defeat was partly due to the war on Iran.
Iranian officials see Republican midterm losses in a positive light, but supreme leader says US policy will not shift.
US President Donald Trump's foreign policy agenda faces new constraints after midterm losses.