Presidential hopeful Vance appears to question Iran war after polls debacle

Vance cited trusted pollster saying Iran war, Israel ties were apical of caput for Trump voters swinging to Democrats.

Vice President JD Vance has blamed the warfare connected Iran for his party’s withering midterms defeat, suggesting that the struggle whitethorn not person been worthy ceding power of the US Congress to Democrats.

“The crushed we mislaid is the war. The president himself said truthful past night,” helium wrote successful a lengthy station connected X. “If you’d similar to reason it was worthy it, that losing the Senate for the adjacent 6 years was worthy it, past bash so.”

“Everyone knows wherefore we lost. And immoderate honorable speech astir wherever we spell from present indispensable commencement there.”

Vance, a apt 2028 statesmanlike campaigner and heir evident to Trump’s Make America Great Again movement, has been a cardinal negotiator with Iran arsenic the 2 countries hunt for a mode retired of the conflict, which has dented their economies and pushed planetary substance prices up.

US Vice President JD Vance speaks astatine a midterm run rally successful Swanton, Ohio connected November 2, 2026. [AFP]

His statements connected Tehran person been much dovish than those of different cardinal members of the administration, and his post-election enactment appears to people the closest helium has yet travel to publically diverging from his brag connected an contented that looks acceptable to canine Republicans arsenic the warfare continues.

Citing a pollster helium describes arsenic “one of the smartest radical I know”, Vance said helium was told ending the Iran warfare and “changing our narration with Israel” were 2 of the apical 4 answers fixed by Americans surveyed who had voted for Trump successful 2024 but were readying to ballot for Democrats successful the 2026 midterms.

In stark contrast, Trump said, successful the aftermath of the rebuke astatine the ballot box, that helium had nary regrets astir launching the conflict.

“I did the close thing. I would person done it again,” helium told the Wall Street Journal.