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Trump says he does not disagree with Vance on Iran war as cause of GOP losses
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Fox News, the New York Post and RedState report that President Donald Trump said on Sunday he does not disagree with Vice President JD Vance’s assessment that the Iran war, rising costs and U.S. relations with Israel contributed to Republicans’ midterm losses. The outlets say Trump told CBS’s 60 Minutes that the one thing he wished Vance had addressed was whether he would again approve strikes on Iran, and that his answer would be an emphatic yes. Vance posted a 618-word message on X on Wednesday saying “The reason we lost is the war,” after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress and a majority of state governorships. The outlets say Trump called the Iran decision one of the best things the country has done.
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Trump said on Sunday he does not disagree with Vance’s assessment that the Iran war, rising costs and U.S. relations with Israel contributed to the GOP midterm losses.
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Vance posted a 618-word message on X on Wednesday arguing that the Iran war was the reason Republicans lost.
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Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress and a majority of state governorships in the midterm elections.
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Trump said he would again approve the decision to strike Iran, saying “you can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon.”
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Trump said the one thing he wished Vance had said was whether Vance would have made the decision to strike Iran again.
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Every outlet on the right reports that Trump said he does not disagree with Vance’s view that the Iran war, rising costs and Israel ties contributed to GOP midterm losses, and they stress Trump’s added comments on striking Iran again.
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Headlines range from Fox News’s attributed report of Trump’s agreement with Vance to the New York Post’s “slams” and “rant” wording; far-right RedState centers Trump’s added remark.
Trump says he doesn’t disagree with Vance that Iran war fueled GOP losses
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President Trump on Sunday publicly slammed Vice President JD Vance for his scathing midterms rant that blamed the war in Iran for Republicans’ major Election Day losses.…
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…Trump on Sunday publicly slammed Vice President JD Vance for his scathing midterms rant that blamed the war in Iran for Republicans’ major Election Day losses.
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…post-mortem impacted Trump’s relationship with his second in command, Trump admitted that “a lot of people didn’t like his comments.” “No, not at all, but a lot of people…
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Trump publicly slams JD Vance for scathing midterms rant: ‘A lot of people didn’t like his comments’
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…VANCE'S SCATHING IRAN WAR POSTMORTEM PUTS POTENTIAL 2028 GOP SHOWDOWN IN FOCUS: 'EVERYONE KNOWS WHY' "I said, ‘You write what you want.
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- Trump’s remark that he would again approve the Iran decision
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Trump says 'a lot of people didn't like' Vance's criticism of Iran war after crushing midterm defeat... but challenges vice president to answer one question
President Donald Trump admitted 'a lot of people' disliked JD Vance's criticism of the Iran war but insisted their relationship remained strong. Trump said his vice president was largely correct.
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Trump says he doesn’t disagree with Vance that Iran war fueled GOP losses
President Donald Trump said he doesn’t disagree with JD Vance’s assessment that the Iran war, rising costs and Israel ties contributed to GOP midterm losses.
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Trump publicly Loaded verb“slams”“Slams” signals a harsh attack beyond a plain report of criticism.More neutral: criticizesDisagree with this highlight? JD Vance for Sensational language“scathing”“Scathing” adds a judgement about the tone of Vance’s post.More neutral: criticalDisagree with this highlight? midterms Loaded verb“rant”“Rant” characterizes Vance’s lengthy post as an angry outburst rather than a statement.More neutral: postDisagree with this highlight?: ‘A lot of people didn’t like his comments’
“He was right. Other than one thing. He should have made one other statement, one which I think is very important. If you had it to do again, would you do it again? The answer is yes,” Trump said.
- RedStateFar Right
Trump Shares the One Thing He Would Have Added to Vance's Iran Tweet in '60 Minutes' Interview
In the aftermath of the midterm elections, which saw Democrats sweep into power in both the House and Senate and win statewide races where that hasn't happened in quite some time, Vice President JD Vance posted a lengthy tweet in which he shared his thoughts on what happened.
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