Former Officials Call Republican Midterm Defeat a Referendum on Trump's War with Iran Gerard Arroyo, the former French ambassador to the United States, called the result a "democratic tsunami" and said Trump had lost the war with Iran and was looking for a way out, citing corruption, war costs and Trumpist violence as factors. Joe Kent, former director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, said the American people "resolutely rejected war with Iran" and urged Trump to end the war now.

Former Officials Call Republican Midterm Defeat a Referendum on Trump's War with Iran Gerard Arroyo, the former French ambassador to the United States, called the result a "democratic tsunami" and said Trump had lost the war with Iran and was looking for a way out, citing corruption, war costs and Trumpist violence as factors. Joe Kent, former director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, said the American people "resolutely rejected war with Iran" and urged Trump to end the war now.