Trump backs Vance on Iran war and says one crucial point was left unsaid
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President Donald Trump agreed with Vice President JD Vance that the Iran war helped drive Republican losses in the midterms, while emphasizing that Vance missed one essential point about the conflict's importance.
President Donald Trump told reporters in West Palm Beach that Vice President JD Vance was right to link the Iran war to the Republican Party's midterm defeats, but he said the vice president left out one important point. > "He was right. Other than one thing. He should have made one other statement, one which I think is very important," Trump said, before boarding Air Force One. The president also restated his view that a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a global threat, describing the conflict as a historic success because it prevented Iran from acquiring such weapons. Vance had posted on X that the war was the primary reason for the GOP's losses after Democrats took control of Congress and many state governorships. A White House aide said the president had been briefed on Vance's comments and had no issues with them, and the administration later retweeted Vance's post. In a separate interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Trump echoed Vance's sentiment that voters were displeased with the war and rising gasoline prices, and he suggested the conflict had been won and would continue to limit Iran's capabilities.