Trump Says Iran War Largely Caused Midterm Election Loss; He will make the same decision again Trump said he will make the same decision again against Iran, that he expects oil prices to rise much more and that Iran will not be allowed to have nuclear weapons. He said the war had destroyed Iran's military capabilities and that he knew it would affect the election. Trump has denied that the war will end immediately after the midterm elections. He also said he would likely reach a consensus with Democrats unless they wanted to be destructive, warning they would destroy the Democratic Party if they fired him.