A MaddowBlog piece argues that Donald Trump, by post that JD Vance should stop pursuing a deal with Iran and instead focus on "Massive Corruption and Crime" in Democrat-run states after the midterms, appears to have benched his vice president and left the administration's Iran policy in doubt. It notes Vance had blamed the GOP's losses on the war, quoting his post that "the reason we lost is the war," while Trump wrote, "We don't need a deal with Iran."