United States

Update on our previous coverage of the U.S. midterm elections

With the main results now counted, the political picture is becoming clearer.

1. Democrats Secure the House — Republicans Lose Texas

Democrats have secured a majority in the House of Representatives, crossing the 218-seat threshold.

According to Israeli Army Radio, Republicans have also suffered their first defeat in Texas in 38 years.

Texas has long been one of the Republican Party’s strongest electoral strongholds. Breaking that barrier suggests that the political base on which the Trump administration built its foreign policy is beginning to fracture from within.

2. The Direct Cause: The War Against Iran

Israel’s Channel 14 offered a revealing assessment: Trump entered the final stage of the confrontation with significant military superiority following successive waves of attacks.

The military advantage was squandered, while the political and economic costs returned home to the United States.

3. The Timing Is No Coincidence

The American economy is now absorbing the consequences of the war: rising defense expenditures, energy-market disruptions, and mounting economic pressure.

These are precisely the issues Trump’s political camp had largely underestimated.

The election results were not an unexpected shock. They were the arrival of a long-deferred bill.

4. The Political Implications Go Beyond the Vote

Israeli Army Radio quoted American sources making a striking observation:

“Regime change happened in South Carolina, Texas, and Kansas before it happened in Tehran.”

Three traditionally Republican states reportedly shifted toward Trump’s opponents before Washington succeeded in changing the government in Iran.

When confirmed, this represents a significant shift in the domestic political balance, achieved without another shot being fired.

A Historical Parallel

American midterm elections have historically served as referendums on the sitting president.

The 2006 elections provide a clear example: the costly Iraq War contributed to the Republican Party losing control of Congress under President George W. Bush.

Presidents who escalate military commitments without delivering a decisive victory often face the consequences at the next election.

The Strategic Conclusion

An unfinished military campaign can carry a heavy political price.

Iran survived one of the most dangerous phases of the confrontation, while the costs of Washington’s incomplete campaign have returned to American voters.

For the Axis of Resistance, the most valuable strategic gain may not be territorial or military.

It is something far more fundamental: time.