🔶 Trump: War with Iran played a role in Republicans’ defeat

Donald Trump, the president of the United States, on Wednesday, 13 Aban, in a phone interview with Fox News, confirmed that the war with Iran and its economic consequences, including the rise in gas prices, played a role in the Republicans’ defeat in the midterm elections.

In his conversation with Fox News, Trump said that many people agree with his policy toward Iran, but they are not willing to bear the economic consequences of this war—especially the increase in the price of fuel.

Despite referring to the political and economic consequences of the war, the U.S. president continued to defend his policy toward Iran and emphasized that the short-term costs must be evaluated alongside the long-term achievements of this action.

Rising cost of living and the price of fuel were among the issues that affected the political atmosphere in this round of the midterm elections, and the economic pressures resulting from the war became one of the challenges for the Trump administration.