US President Donald Trump departs after delivering his closing pitch the day before midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, USA, 02 November 2026. Trump also spoke about his many renovations in DC, some of which, like the reflecting pool, were mired in controversy. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO"The Iran thing we had to do, and we continue to do it," he told reporters.
The Iran war was responsible for a spike in gasoline prices that were seen as a strong factor in why Democrats made big gains in the elections.
Trump said the war has been worth it to stop Tehran from "having a nuclear weapon."
He said he was okay with Vice President JD Vance's social media post earlier on Wednesday in which Vance referred to deep electoral losses and said "the reason we lost is the war."
"I can tell you that as far as that war is concerned, I would have done nothing different," Trump said.
Trump also again said that if he had been on the ballot, he believed "we would have won."
"But they just, you couldn't transfer that love. There was such love at those rallies, it was incredible and we weren't able to transfer the love to candidates," he said.
(Reporting by Steve Holland; editing by Michelle Nichols)
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