Will Trump launch fresh strikes on Iran after US poll defeat?

Gulf News · AP · 2026-11-05 18:47 UTC

Will Trump escalate the Iran conflict post-election defeat? High stakes for the Middle East and global economy.

The president is weighing his next move as the war fuels economic and political concerns

Washington: As he takes stock of his Republican Party's midterm drubbing, President Donald Trump now faces the difficult question of what to do about his unpopular 8-month-old war against Iran.

For weeks, Trump has threatened to return to a full-scale bombardment of Iran once the US elections were in the rearview mirror if Tehran did not come to a settlement under terms acceptable to him.

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