MundoTrump admits that the war motivated the Republican defeat but assures that he would attack Iran againMDZ Mundo•04/11/2026 – 18:11hs

The US president, Donald Trump, admitted this Wednesday that the war he started against Iran last February is behind the resounding Republican defeat in Tuesday’s elections due to the increase it caused in fuel prices, although he assured that, if he had to choose again, he would attack the Islamic Republic again.

When asked about the criticism leveled by his vice president, JD Vance, against the war in Iran, Trump considered that what he said “is, to a large extent, true,” because the conflict “caused a slight increase in the price of gasoline.”

“But, at the same time, if I had to do it again, I would do it again, because, in the long term, it is the only solution. Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon,” added the Republican, who on February 28 gave the order to carry out joint attacks with Israel that gave rise to a conflict that has undermined commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and is still open eight months later.

JD Vance’s statements after the defeat

Trump’s words, spoken during an event to present the works of the White House Ballroom, come shortly after Vance blamed the unpopular war in Iran on social media for the resounding Republican defeat in Tuesday’s elections.

“The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said it last night,” Vance wrote in a long post on

EFE