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Trump: Iran war partially to blame for GOP midterm losses
President Trump partially blamed the ongoing war with Iran for the GOP's sweeping midterm losses in the midterms — but said he would have done it again. Trump told the Wall Street Journal that the Middle East conflict, now in its ninth month, “was a piece of it” in an election night interview.
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Both outlets center Trump and the Republican losses, but Axios frames the story around Trump’s own comments, including his claim that Republicans would have won if he had been on the ballot and that he was “willing to accept” the results. National Review diverges by using the episode to make a broader judgment about Trump’s relationship with the party, arguing that he treated congressional Republicans with contempt.
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