President Trump gave Vice President JD Vance’s brutally honest post-mortem of the Republican midterm bloodbath a clear green light during his first major sit-down since the November 3 rout.
In an extended 60 Minutes interview with Ross Douthat that aired Sunday night, Trump stated he does not disagree with Vance’s assessment that the war with Iran is the main reason Republicans got crushed.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Vance took to X the morning after the election and laid it out in plain terms: “The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.”
He noted that many 2024 Trump-Vance voters showed up but crossed over to Democrats, citing four top reasons from a pollster who correctly called the results: end the war, focus on cost of living and inflation, put America First, and change the U.S. relationship with Israel.
Democrats flipped the House (holding 228 seats), seized at least seven Senate seats (with Alaska and Mississippi still too close to call), and captured five governorships, including Texas, where Greg Abbott was unseated. The blue wave hit hard in what were supposed to be safer Republican territory.
Douthat pressed Trump directly: “A couple days ago, your Vice President, JD Vance, wrote a social media post where he says the reason we lost is the war, meaning Iran. And he said things in that post about Israel. So you agree with his analysis?”
Trump’s answer was immediate and unmistakable: “I don’t disagree with it.”
He confirmed Vance had run the post by him. “He asked me, ‘What do I think?’ I said, ‘You write what you want.’”
But Trump added the one line he wished Vance had included.
“The only thing I wish you would have said there, if he felt it, and you’d have to ask him about that, but ‘If you had it to do again, would you do it?’ You know, he’s part of a decision-making process, and my answer is an emphatic ‘Yes,’ because you can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon.”
Trump continued: “I think, historically, this will be a very good decision. Is it a good decision for today and tomorrow? Maybe not. But, you know, I have to go with what’s right for our country. If they had a nuclear weapon during my term, I would be excoriated, far worse than what’s happened. I’ve stopped them from having a nuclear weapon. That’s a big thing.”
This tracks with Trump’s earlier reaction the day after Vance’s post, when he told reporters he knew how Vance felt, thought the statement was “fine” and “good,” and reiterated that stopping Iran’s nuclear program was non-negotiable.
WATCH:
President Trump FLATLY states he doesn’t “DISAGREE” with Vice President JD Vance’s BRUTALLY honest assessment of why Republicans got TROUNCED in the midterm elections. “The only thing I wish you would have said there, if he felt it, and you’d have to ask him about that, but ‘If you had it to do again, would you do it?’ You know, he’s part of a decision-making process, and my answer is an emphatic ‘Yes,’ because you can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon.”
60 Minutes’ Ross Douthat: “A couple days ago, your Vice President, JD Vance, wrote a social media post where he says the reason we lost is the war, meaning Iran. And he said things in that post about Israel. So you agree with his analysis?”
President Trump: “I don’t disagree with it.”
Ross Douthat: “Did you know he was going to write that post?”
President Trump: “He asked me, ‘What do I think?’ I said, ‘You write what you want.’ By the way, ‘What are you going to write?’ The only thing I wish you would have said there, if he felt it, and you’d have to ask him about that, but ‘If you had it to do again, would you do it?’ You know, he’s part of a decision-making process, and my answer is an emphatic ‘Yes,’ because you can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon. I think, historically, this will be a very good decision. Is it a good decision for today and tomorrow? Maybe not. But, you know, I have to go with what’s right for our country. If they had a nuclear weapon during my term, I would be excoriated, far worse than what’s happened. I’ve stopped them from having a nuclear weapon. That’s a big thing.”
— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) November 9, 2026
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