Trump concedes Iran war impact on elections, insists he’d ‘do it again’

As he takes stock of his Republican Party’s midterm drubbing, President Donald Trump faces the difficult question of what to do about his unpopular 8-month-old war against Iran. For weeks, Trump threatened a post-election full-scale bombardment if Tehran didn’t accept his terms. On Thursday, Trump suggested that the election losses aren’t weighing on his calculations. A handful of remaining Senate and House races, still to be called by The Associated Press, will determine the strength of Democrats’ majority in Congress. Contests in Alaska and Mississippi have narrow margins with votes still outstanding. As the scale of the Democrats’ nationwide victories…