Kathmandu. US President Donald Trump has congratulated the opposition Democrats, acknowledging that the Iran war played a role in the Republican Party’s defeat in the midterm elections. But he refused to take personal responsibility for the defeat and blamed the weakness of the party’s candidates.

In an interview with Fox News, 80-year-old Trump said that the Democrats had done well and that he did not take it as a personal defeat. He said that he is ready to work with the Democrats on various issues, but threatened to veto the bill he does not like.

Admitting that the Iran war and rising oil prices have become unpopular among voters, he said that the war was one of the reasons for influencing the election results. However, he claimed that the voters understood the importance of his policy towards Iran.

Trump claimed on Truth Social that if he had been the candidate, the Republicans would have won by a big margin. He criticized Texas Governor Greg Abbott, saying that he was defeated because he is nominally a Republican.

A White House official also said that the quality of the Republican candidates is an important factor in influencing the outcome.

With Democrats retaining control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the final two years of Trump’s term are likely to be challenging. Meanwhile, the White House has not ruled out the possibility of a resumption of military action against Iran. At the same time, it has indicated that Trump’s resolve to stop his political opponents will be stronger after the election results.