Trump Owned the Hard Call on Iran. That Is What a Commander in Chief Does.

Vice President Vance says the war cost Republicans the Senate. The President agreed it hurt, and said he would do it again. Only one of those answers is about the country.

By Clara Hughes

On the morning after a brutal election, two of the most powerful Republicans in America gave two very different answers to the same question. Vice President JD Vance went first. "The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night," he wrote in a lengthy post on X on Wednesday, NBC News reported. "If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest." Hours later, President Trump took the question from reporters at the White House ballroom construction site. "I think it's largely true because it drove the gasoline up a little bit short term," he said, according to AFP via Arab News. "But at the same time, if I had it to do again, I'd have to do it again. Because