“Even I was shocked,” writes Vance in election analysis – ex-Bush spokesman contradicts

After the Republicans' election defeat, a dispute broke out over the consequences of the Iran war. US Vice President J.D. On X, Vance blamed the war for the outcome. President George W. Bush's former press secretary, Ari Fleischer, strongly disagreed: the attack on Iran was not the mistake, but the subsequent ceasefire.

“Mr Vice President, please allow me to present a different perspective,” Fleischer wrote in his response. "The problem wasn't the Iran war. It was the ceasefire." Anyone who starts a war must win it and end it - "otherwise you shouldn't start it."

The pollster asked former Trump voters what would motivate them to return. According to Vance's account, almost all of the responses fell on four demands: "End the war," "focus on cost of living and inflation," "put America first," and "change our relationship with Israel." Vance did not provide details about the methodology or the number of respondents in his contribution.

“There will be a lot of internal strife and discussion about what happened and why,” Vance wrote. "But the real reason for our defeat is clear to almost everyone."

“The reason for our defeat is war,” the vice president wrote. Anyone who still thinks this is correct should openly argue that the loss of the Senate for the next six years was an justifiable price. "Whether you agree or not, at least that's honest."

Donald Trump's Republicans lost the majority in both chambers of Congress in the midterms as well as several governorships in the states. It is common for voters to use the midterm elections to take stock of the policies of the respective president. But the Democrats also achieved great success in states where they had not been able to win for decades.

Fleischer calls for the fall of the Iranian leadership

Fleischer, who worked in the White House from 2001 to 2003, countered that the government had not conducted the war consistently enough. “This war should have been over six months ago, with the Strait of Hormuz wide open and oil flowing,” he wrote. Iran's second and third tiers of leadership should have been eliminated. In addition, the USA should have supported pro-Western forces that could have taken the lead.

“We were on the threshold of a new, more peaceful Middle East – and then we hesitated,” claimed Fleischer. The US had the chance not only to deny Iran nuclear weapons, but also to "get rid of the world's largest supporter of terrorism."