WASHINGTON (Palestine Foundation Information Center), US President Donald Trump has cited the reasons behind the Republican Party’s losses in the midterm elections, saying that strong anti-Israel sentiment among the American public had influenced the election results.
Commenting on the results, Donald Trump said that if he himself had been on the election trail, the outcome would have been entirely different.
He also cited the war with Iran and rising fuel prices as factors behind the Republicans’ electoral losses.
According to Trump, negative public sentiment towards Israel also influenced voters’ electoral preferences.
The US president included declining support for Israel among the factors that hurt his party, saying the issue had also played a role in shaping the election results.
However, Trump did not present any statistics or surveys to clarify how much American public opinion towards Israel had changed or to what extent it had affected the election results.
His remarks also did not include details about any specific electoral district or voting trends among particular groups of voters.
The US president also linked the election outcome to his decision not to participate directly in the campaign.
He said that if he had been personally involved in the election campaign, the situation would have been different and his party would not have faced the current results.
Trump identified the war with Iran, fuel prices, and public sentiment towards Israel as major factors behind the Republican Party’s electoral losses. However, he provided no statistics to independently measure the impact of these factors.
