In Tuesday’s midterm elections, Democrats delivered a decisive blow to the Republican Party by flipping six Republican-held Senate seats and at least eight House seats, seizing control of both chambers of Congress for the first time in four years. This sweeping victory ended the GOP’s congressional dominance during the final two years of Donald Trump’s presidency, shifting the balance of power in Washington and setting the stage for heightened partisan battles over legislative priorities, investigations, and oversight. The Senate gains were particularly striking, extending deep into traditionally conservative strongholds such as Texas, Kansas, South Carolina, Ohio, and Iowa. In those states, Democratic challengers defeated entrenched Republican incumbents, including several candidates who had been personally endorsed and campaigned for by President Trump.

Individuals in Trump’s inner circle are attributing the heavy Republican losses to the war against Iran, which the U.S. and "Israel" initiated on February 28. The campaign has now stretched beyond eight months with no resolution in sight.

Several White House officials and Republican allies have described the war as misguided, arguing that the election outcome would have been far different had the conflict ended months ago. According to a CENTCOM estimate, the war has cost the U.S. military at least $47 billion, a figure that excludes extensive damage to American bases.

An advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mohammad Mokhber, posted on X that Donald Trump “did everything he could” to help his Republican Party win, but was “slapped by his own people” in the midterm elections.

“The real winner in this arena was Iran, which shifted the cost of the war onto America,” he added.