Lots of people didn’t like Vance feedback blaming midterm losses on Iran battle – Trump

Politics

By Linda Ikeji
9 November 2026, 7:32 pm

US President Donald Trump acknowledged that “a lot of people didn’t like” Vice President JD Vance’s public evaluation blaming current Republican midterm election losses on the continuing battle with Iran, although he insisted the remarks brought on no friction between them.

When requested by reporters whether or not Vance’s post-election evaluation had strained their relationship, Trump replied, “No, not at all. But a lot of people didn’t like his comments. But not me.”

Following final week’s legislative setbacks, Vance had revealed an intensive social media assertion attributing GOP defeats on to the navy battle, arguing that voters penalized the get together on the poll field.

“The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night,” Vance wrote, difficult critics to justify the electoral price. “If you’d like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that’s at least honest.”

The vp’s remarks drew substantial bipartisan pushback. Trump had beforehand acknowledged in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that the eight-month navy engagement “was a piece of it” on election night time, although he defended the overarching necessity of the marketing campaign throughout a separate look on CBS’s 60 Minutes.

“I can tell you, if I had it to do again, this historically, for history, will go down as one of the best things we ever did,” Trump acknowledged, emphasizing that halting Iran’s nuclear ambitions outweighed instant political fallout. “If they had a nuclear weapon during my term, I would be excoriated far worse than what happened. I’ve stopped them from having a nuclear weapon. That’s a big thing.”

Regarding coordination on the vp’s viral submit, Trump famous that Vance had consulted him beforehand.

 “He asked me, ‘What do I think?’ I said, ‘Write what you feel,'” Trump recalled.

While leaving open the potential of future navy engagement if diplomatic efforts stall, the president indicated that renewed hostilities stay unlikely ought to present peace negotiations progress.