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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday acknowledged that the Iran war was "largely true" as the key factor in his party's sweeping midterm election losses, after Vice President JD Vance urged Republicans to be "honest" about it, the Korea Times reports. Trump also said he was not considering replacing Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, whom he praised as doing "a very good job," according to KBS World and the Korea Times. Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned that the Middle East war would widen if the U.S. resumes attacks, saying those expecting a U.S. policy shift were "seriously mistaken," the Korea Times reports. Korean outlets are covering the U.S. political fallout, with Yonhap reporting Trump's statement that the midterm defeat was "대체로 사실" (largely true) due to the Iran war.