Vice President JD Vance blames Trump's Iran war for the Republican midterm wipeout, saying 'everyone knows why we lost'
Donald Trump, pictured with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance, whose notably different tones on Iran — Vance voicing optimism over a diplomatic deal — emerged as polls opened on the midterms.Smoke rising from a vessel on open water, as Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf warned on Wednesday that Hormuz oil flows had fallen to 45 percent of prewar levels amid the ongoing conflict.A US Air Force C-17 tracked over Europe as part of an airlift of advanced air defence systems into southern Israel, as Israel passed intelligence to the US alleging Iran was considering the use of chemical weapons.IRGC Navy missile infrastructure tunnels along Iran's southern coast, as Tehran unveiled a mural calling for the killing of Donald Trump.
Donald Trump Jr endorsed JD Vance's scorched-earth post-mortem, responding to the vice-president's 3,300-word X post with 'every word of this is...' and three 100-emojis, as Republicans lost control of both the House and Senate in the worst midterm wipeout either party has suffered in 50 years.
Vance cited four reasons former Trump voters backed Democrats: ending the Iran war, tackling inflation, putting America first, and changing the US relationship with Israel.
Trump told the Wall Street Journal the conflict 'was a piece of it' but insisted he had no regrets, saying 'I did the right thing — I would have done it again.'
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei gloated on X that 'the process of the US's collapse has accelerated', even as his foreign minister confirmed 'very intensive' peace talks were underway.
