{"id":97410,"date":"2026-11-05T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opinionpublica.tv\/portada\/?p=97410"},"modified":"2026-11-04T20:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T03:08:24","slug":"vance-blames-iran-war-for-g-o-p-losses-distancing-himself-from-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opinionpublica.tv\/portada\/vance-blames-iran-war-for-g-o-p-losses-distancing-himself-from-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance blames Iran war for G.O.P. losses, distancing himself from Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday placed the blame for Republicans\u2019 wipeout in the midterm elections squarely on the war with Iran, offering a striking critique of the Trump administration\u2019s agenda and messaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The extensive commentary by the vice president, who had privately expressed misgivings about the war, appeared to have been made with the approval of President Trump, who told reporters later that he was fine with Mr. Vance\u2019s lengthy statement on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the vice president\u2019s assertions served to distance him from Mr. Trump\u2019s decision-making at a critical political juncture, just as Republicans are taking stock of the fallout of debilitating midterm losses and leaders across the party are contemplating a path forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Mr. Vance\u2019s social media post, he said many voters who had supported Mr. Trump turned to Democratic candidates on Tuesday for several reasons, including the war, inflation and a desire to change the country\u2019s relationship with Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That put him at odds with Mr. Trump, who has steadfastly defended the war with Iran, dismissed affordability concerns as a \u201choax\u201d and has closely aligned himself with Israel and its leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before Mr. Vance posted his message, he shared it with the president and received positive feedback, according to one person briefed on their exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And hours later, Mr. Trump told reporters that his vice president\u2019s assessment was \u201clargely true.\u201d But the president continued to defend the war and said he had \u201cno choice\u201d but to attack Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I had to do it again, I\u2019d have to do it again,\u201d he said as he gave a tour of construction of the White House ballroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump Jr., the president\u2019s son who is close with the vice president, reposted Mr. Vance\u2019s message and wrote, \u201cEvery word of this is \ud83d\udcaf\ud83d\udcaf\ud83d\udcaf.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since he became Mr. Trump\u2019s running mate, Mr. Vance had been widely seen as the front-runner to succeed the president and inherit the mantle of the Make America Great Again movement Mr. Trump started. But after Tuesday\u2019s disastrous results, Republicans are already rethinking what the future of the party looks like. Mr. Vance\u2019s post suggests he is willing to separate himself from Mr. Trump as he considers his own political future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Trump, who has so far declined to endorse him as his successor, suggested Wednesday that Mr. Vance might not go ahead with a presidential bid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaybe he won\u2019t run,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t know who\u2019s going to run.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Vance\u2019s allies have said that the vice president is in no rush to make a decision about running for president is unlikely to do so until next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some Republican strategists questioned why Mr. Vance offered political analysis instead of policy ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think a lot of Americans are anxious to get the vice president\u2019s election analysis,\u201d said Marc Short, who served as chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence. \u201cWhy didn\u2019t he say here\u2019s how we\u2019re going to address affordability? If I want a political science breakdown, I can go to a professor or a pundit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Short said Mr. Vance finds himself in a \u201close-lose situation\u201d as he tries to distance himself from Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe risk obviously is that the president resents it and then you\u2019ve lost your chief advocate and ally,\u201d he said. \u201cIf the president doesn\u2019t resent it, you\u2019re not winning points by people who oppose the president and ask why you aren\u2019t making a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The war has created fissures throughout Mr. Trump\u2019s political coalition and complicated Mr. Vance\u2019s future. Once a fierce critic of Mr. Trump, Mr. Vance endorsed him in 2023 in an article in The Wall Street Journal, arguing that Mr. Trump would not lead the United States into any foreign wars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the lead-up to the Iran conflict, Mr. Vance was privately opposed and raised concerns about plunging into another overseas war. Publicly, though, the vice president has supported Mr. Trump, and he has taken a leading role in the negotiations to end hostilities. He traveled to Pakistan in April to meet with the Iranians, though that effort ended without a deal. In recent weeks, he has made overtures to re-engage with the Iranians in an effort to stave off a resumption of major combat operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fracturing of Mr. Trump\u2019s political coalition resulted in steep losses for Republicans across the country, including in Mr. Vance\u2019s home state. Among the seats Republicans lost on Tuesday was his old Senate seat, which he vacated when he became vice president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senator Jon Husted, Republican of Ohio, was appointed to fill the seat but lost in a special election to former Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat. Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican, also lost the governor\u2019s race, after many of Mr. Vance\u2019s allies and aides worked to support him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n