Trump says Iran war's link to GOP midterm losses is "largely true because it drove the gasoline up"

US President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday at the White House ballroom construction site that the Iran war contributed to the Republican Party’s heavy midterm election losses. Asked about Vice President JD Vance’s earlier statement linking the conflict to the defeat, Trump agreed in broad terms and cited a temporary rise in gasoline prices as a factor. The remarks connected the Iran conflict to the Republicans’ midterm results and followed Vance’s public attribution of the loss to the war.