# Trump’s midterm campaign faces new political risks amid US-Iran war

https://mins.news/en/video/88653

- Global News, 2026-10-06 20:33 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-qXo-spoFU

> U.S. midterm elections are taking shape amid an increasingly complicated political landscape. For some Republican candidates, President Donald Trump may be their greatest asset—or their biggest liability. His ongoing war with Iran is creating an affordability problem nationwide that cannot easily be blamed on his predecessor, while growing Trump fatigue could further hurt the party’s prospects.

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