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Politics● Elevated2h ago · Nov 4, 2026, 1:12 PM

Trump: Iran war partially to blame for GOP midterm losses

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · global

President Trump partially blamed the ongoing war with Iran for the GOP’s sweeping midterm losses in the midterms — but said he would have done it again. Trump told the Wall Street Journal that the Middle East conflict, now in its ninth month, “was a piece of it” in an election night interview. Gas and…

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