Laura Rozen reports on Diplomatic that a Democratic landslide in the 3 November 2026 midterms — Senate wins in South Carolina, Kansas, Iowa, and Texas, where James Talarico defeated a rival backed by nearly half a billion dollars from Elon Musk — has deepened strains between Donald Trump and JD Vance over the Iran war. Quoting Vance's post that 'the reason we lost is the war,' Rozen reads Trump's defense of the war and his 'maybe he won't run' jab at Vance's future as a sign of limited tolerance for Vance's distancing, while calling Trump a diminished figure and Talarico's speech extraordinary.