After Trump government loses midterms, US deputies may vote to impeach Pentagon chief, says TV

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a press statement as he arrives for a meeting of NATO defense ministers at the organization's headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 18, 2026.

The movement comes after a historic defeat by the Trump administration in the midterm elections, known as midterms, in which Democrats won a majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

According to CNN International, Republican deputies are working to blame the defeat on Hegseth, arguing that he played a decisive role in starting the conflict.

Trump's Republican Party is looking for a scapegoat for its defeat in the midterm elections, and the Iran war has been cited by both President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance as the cause of the "blue wave" that has swept the United States.

On Wednesday, Donald Trump acknowledged that the war in Iran influenced the election result, mainly because of the rise in fuel prices, but that he would "do it all again." J.D. Vance, who behind the scenes always took a stance against the conflict, was more direct: "The reason we lost was the war. The president himself said that last night."