President Trump's allies and White House officials are blaming the protracted war with Iran for widespread Republican losses in the midterm elections, citing rising energy prices and growing public discontent, the WSJ reports. Some White House officials argue that the election results could have been significantly different if the conflict, now in its ninth month, had ended sooner. The failures prompted internal finger-pointing within the administration, with some officials suggesting that Trump could consider personnel changes as part of a broader reassessment of the war.

President Trump's allies and White House officials are blaming the protracted war with Iran for widespread Republican losses in the midterm elections, citing rising energy prices and growing public discontent, the WSJ reports. Some White House officials argue that the election results could have been significantly different if the conflict, now in its ninth month, had ended sooner. The failures prompted internal finger-pointing within the administration, with some officials suggesting that Trump could consider personnel changes as part of a broader reassessment of the war.