The Guardian reports that JD Vance, in a post on X, blamed the US war on Iran for the Republicans' midterm defeat, saying "The reason we lost is the war," while Trump, who launched the war with Israel in February, told the Wall Street Journal "Iran was a piece of it" and said he had no regrets. The paper writes that Vance's stance signals he seeks to distance himself from the unpopular war ahead of a possible 2028 White House run.