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Trump Diverts Blame After Massive Midterm Losses

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

President Donald Trump blamed the candidates and the Iran War for the massive Republican losses in the 2026 midterm elections. 

“They didn’t like the candidates, and some of the candidates that I endorsed fought me, and they didn’t like it,” he said in a late night Fox Business interview. “This MAGA base is incredible, the most loyal base, the most loyal people, the people that built America.”

Democrats retook control of both the House and the Senate. As of 6 a.m. Eastern, Senate Democrats will hold 54 seats, the Republicans 44, with races in Alaska and Mississippi still to be decided. In House, Democrats have won 228 seats to the Republicans’ 139, with 68 races still to be called. Only 218 seats are needed for a majority.

He acknowledged that the unpopularity of the Iran War played a role, saying, “I think a part of it was Iran.” 

“People agree with what I’m doing on Iran, but they really probably weren’t willing to do the short-term consequence of playing anything more for gasoline,” he said.

He said he hasn’t finished the job in Iran: “Maybe I will, maybe I won’t.”

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