Trump defends Iran war after GOP midterm losses

President Donald Trump acknowledged Tuesday night that the Iran war contributed to the Republican Party's historic midterm losses, but insisted the conflict was necessary to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. In a Fox News interview with Martha MacCallum, Trump argued the war's historical importance would outweigh the election results, claiming Iran was "two weeks away" from a nuclear weapon and that previous administrations should have acted. He also criticized the Obama-era nuclear deal as a "road to a nuclear weapon." Trump further defended the intervention by alleging Iran killed 75,000 protesters in recent months and describing the country as the "most dangerous in the world," while suggesting the military campaign had inflicted significant damage on Tehran.