The Republican Party walked away from the midterm elections thoroughly defeated and interrogating how they lost their voting base, leading to conclusions that could dramatically change the party’s foreign policy calculus.
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance both offered an unprecedented diagnosis, blaming the GOP’s support of Israel at least partially for the party’s historic defeat. Both statesmen tied U.S. support for Israel to the Iran war, claiming the foreign entanglement soured the MAGA base.
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