President Donald Trump has responded to JD Vance’s social media post linking the war on Iran to Republican losses in the midterms, saying that Vance failed to address whether he would make the same decision again — a question Trump answered with a yes.

“He was right, other than one thing,” Trump told reporters as he returned to Washington on Sunday night. “He should have made one other statement,” the US president added — posing the question to himself: “‘If you had it to do again, would you do it again?’ The answer is yes.”

Following last week's defeat for the GOP in midterm elections resulting in Republicans losing control of both the House and Senate on Capitol Hill, Vance took to social media, attributing on X the crushing losses to the unwarranted war on Iran under a fabricated nuclear pretext.

"The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night," Vance wrote on Wednesday.

"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."

War on Iran ‘real reason’ Republicans lost US midterms, Vance admits

The US vice president says the war on Iran cost Republicans the support of many voters who backed the Trump-Vance ticket in 2024 but switched to Democrats in the 2026 midterms.

Trump said the vice President's comments had rubbed the GOP leaders the wrong way.

“A lot of people didn’t like his comments,” Trump said. “But not me.”

In an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday night, Trump said he didn’t know whether Vance would make the same call again.

His own answer, he said, was “an emphatic yes, because you can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon.”

GOP strategists labeled the VP's post-midterm election statements on X as "disloyal" to the president.

Vance, in his post on X, also said that many voters who backed Trump in 2024 had switched to Democrats.

“The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026,” Vance said.

Vance reportedly drafted the post himself and gave the White House a heads-up before publishing it.

Donald Trump Jr., a longtime Vance ally, quickly reposted it with his endorsement.

Trump acknowledged Wednesday that the war’s effect on gas prices helped explain the midterm losses.