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Trump acknowledges Iran war is partly to blame for Republican losses

Trump acknowledges Iran war is partly to blame for Republican losses

What's behind this

Following the 2026 U.S. midterm elections,

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What each side is saying

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  • left · 4 outlets

    The reported attack follows claims by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that they shot down US drones, as Donald Trump plays down the prospect of fresh military action

    — The Federal

  • center · 6 outlets

    Iranians on Wednesday struck a defiant tone, celebrating US voters’ rebuke of President Donald Trump in the midterm elections while many in the Middle East waited to see how the results could affect the Iran war. Concerns about the war, particularly frustration over rising prices for fuel and other…

    — The Tribune

  • right · 5 outlets

    US President Donald Trump on Wednesday blamed the Republican Party's losses in the 2026 midterm elections on his absence from the ballot, claiming that the party would have secured a landslide victory had he contested the election. Trump's remarks came as Democrats had wrested the US Senate races in…

    — India TV

RSS excerpt

“Iran was a piece of it,” the president said in a WSJ interview, adding that he didn’t regret launching the war.

Coverage arrived over 52 hours — first from The Federal, latest from Free Press Kashmir.

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Hindustan Times Center HT Media Current article

Trump acknowledges Iran war is partly to blame for Republican losses

“Iran was a piece of it,” the president said in a WSJ interview, adding that he didn’t regret launching the war.

Free Press Kashmir Center Free Press Kashmir

Iran’s Mojtaba Khamenei says US midterm results will not change Washington’s hostility

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said the midterm election results in the United States are unlikely to influence its policy towards the Islamic republic. Anyone expecting shifts in US policy due to one political party or concessions from Iran to persuade Washington to end its hostility is…

The New Indian Express Center Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.

'Largely true': Trump acknowledges Iran war impacted midterm polls, but says it was something he had to do

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday acknowledged that the Iran war was the key factor in his party's sweeping midterm election losses, after Vice President JD Vance urged Republicans to be "honest" about the unpopular conflict's impact. Asked if he agreed with Vance's remark that the Iran was…

India TV Right Independent News Service

'If I was on ballot, we would have won in a landslide': Trump as Republicans face midterm setback

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday blamed the Republican Party's losses in the 2026 midterm elections on his absence from the ballot, claiming that the party would have secured a landslide victory had he contested the election. Trump's remarks came as Democrats had wrested the US Senate races in…

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