Washington (EFE).- El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, dijo este viernes que Israel y el conjunto de Oriente Medio «no existirían» si él «no hubiera impedido» a Irán tener un arma nuclear, el principal argumento que ha utilizado para justificar sus ataques contra la república islámica.
En una publicación de su plataforma ‘Truth Social’, Trump dijo que se trata de una opinión que «nadie quiere decir, pero todo el mundo sabe que es verdad», una afirmación que llega después de las críticas al respecto de su vicepresidente, JD Vance.
Vance publicó este miércoles en ‘X’ que «la razón» por la que los republicanos perdieron las elecciones de medio mandato del pasado martes fue la guerra en Irán, pero también lamentó que según datos internos del Partido Republicano, el problema no fue la abstención sino que muchos de los que votaron por Trump en 2024 lo hicieron esta vez por los demócratas.
One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up. So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we’re going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us." Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026. There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true. But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone. Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were: 1) End the war 2) Focus on cost of living/inflation 3) Put America First 4) Change our relationship to Israel Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.) In the next few months, there’s going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I’m open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you. The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night. If you’d like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that’s at least honest. But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there. I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.
— JD Vance (@JDVance) November 4, 2026
Trump aborda con Catar las negociaciones sobre Irán
Trump llamó este viernes a Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, el emir de Catar, país que media en la guerra en Irán, para abordar los «esfuerzos» que se están realizando para evitar una escalada en la región de Oriente Medio.
Durante la llamada, ambos conversaron «sobre los últimos avances en las iniciativas internacionales, especialmente los esfuerzos de Catar para acercar las posturas de las partes involucradas y apoyar el proceso de negociación, con el fin de allanar el camino hacia un acuerdo integral que ponga fin a la crisis y logre la seguridad y la estabilidad en la región», según informó la oficina del emir catarí en un comunicado.
Tras conocerse esta llamada, el barril del brent para entrega en enero cayó a primera hora de la mañana un 0,71 %, hasta los 97 dólares, después de llegar a subir durante la madrugada por encima de los 100 dólares.
