Politico reports on 8 November 2026 that President Donald Trump pushed back on JD Vance's post blaming the Iran war for the Republicans' midterm losses, saying Vance should have added that he would make the same call again — which Trump says he would, citing the need to stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon. Vance, who gave the White House a heads-up before publishing, had challenged war backers to say whether it was worth losing the Senate, while Trump had linked the war's effect on gas prices to the Democrats' wins.