Trump Just Lost Congress. The Last Time He Lost, He Asked to Bomb Iran.

On November 5, 2026, two days after his party lost the House and the Senate, Donald Trump said he would "rather not destroy the rest" of Iran, "but maybe I'll have to. You'll know soon enough." It isn't the first time. In November 2020, days after losing the election, he asked his top advisers for options to strike Iran's main nuclear site. They talked him out of it. This time the war has already started, and the clock is running: the new Congress takes over at noon on January 3, 2027. Here is what Democrats can and can't do, the three times a weakened president reached for the military in this same window, what Iran and Russia are doing while Washington counts votes, and the 58 days, date by date. 00:00 "You'll know soon enough" 01:59 The night the map turned 03:55 The 58 days 06:05 He's done this before (2020, 1998, 1992) 08:20 Eight months of war 09:48 Iran isn't waiting (Hormuz, oil, missile sites) 12:13 The Russian box 14:22 The options on Trump's desk 16:23 The calendar #Trump #Iran #Midterms