Trump spoke about the Republican defeat in the elections: "This is a war with Iran" Donald Trump was asked about the loss of the Republican Party in the congressional elections. He echoed Vice President Vance's words that the reason the Republicans lost last night was the Iran war: I think that's mostly true because in the short term it did make gasoline prices go up a little bit, and that's probably true, that's probably true. But at the same time, if I had to make this decision again, I would do the same thing again because in the long run it's the only option. Iran cannot start a nuclear war.