Trump 'couldn't transfer the love' of his supporters to other Republicans amid historic midterm loss

President Donald Trump said he “couldn’t transfer the love” of his supporters to other Republican candidates after Democrats won control of both the U.S. House and Senate in Tuesday’s midterm elections. In his first public appearance after the losses, Trump made the remarks during questions at a Wednesday ceremony to raise the final steel beam for a ballroom. He initially avoided directly addressing the results, focusing on construction. When asked, Trump acknowledged the Iran war likely hurt Republicans, agreeing it raised gasoline prices in the short term, but said the decision was necessary to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. He also defended the timing of a Monday speech and discussed JD Vance’s post-mortem blaming the Iran war and other priorities.