Donald Trump referred J. Dee Vance withdrew from diplomatic efforts amid the US war on Iran, days after the vice president publicly blamed the war for the Republicans' devastating losses in the midterms.
￭ On November 4, Vance wrote in a public post on X: "The reason we lost is the war," arguing that the cost of the war and voter opposition to it had cost Republicans control of Congress.
￭ He challenged Republicans in defending the war: "If you want to argue that it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do it."