President Donald Trump appeared to downplay any talk of a rift between him and Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday after the latter posted a frank assessment of why he believed the GOP suffered major midterm losses.
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump APPROVES of JD Vance's LENGTHY post blaming midterm losses on the Iran war, affordability and more
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 4, 2026
"I know how he feels...it was good."
"We knew that. I knew that when I went in. And we stopped them from having a nuclear weapon."
47 says he HAS… https://t.co/2vjIH0to95 pic.twitter.com/ALTA9SAOZ5
One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was…
— JD Vance (@JDVance) November 4, 2026
The Iran war began in late February, with the administration initially stating it expected the conflict to last only several weeks, though it dragged out for months and appeared to substantially impact Republicans in the Tuesday evening contests.
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