Trump reaffirms support for Vance’s Iran comments but says ‘a lot of people’ didn’t like them

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President Donald Trump backed Vice President JD Vance’s 2026 midterm elections postmortem again on Sunday evening while simultaneously saying “a lot of people didn’t like his comments.”

Vance made headlines last week after he wrote a lengthy social media post breaking down the reasons why Republicans suffered decisive losses in the midterm elections, as Democrats retook the House and Senate and picked up seats in traditionally red states such as Texas and Kansas. Public polling showed voters largely soured on the Trump administration and blamed the conflict in Iran for higher domestic prices, factors Vance cited as being primary reasons for the result.

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