'Trump is a winner, and he’s right on Iran:' US president's post after midterm rout

US President Donald Trump on Friday shared a Newsmax opinion column praising his decision to take on Iran’s nuclear programme, days after Republicans lost control of Congress in the midterm elections.The post featured the headline, “Trump is a Winner, and he’s right on Iran.”Trump, in a separate post, also criticised the Democract party's stance to regulate the AI and restrict its unbridled development without a regulatory guardrails."As President, I am 100% in favor of Super Intelligence (SI), and will work with the many States in the US that want to become RICH by having them. They are GOLD, and only foolish leadership will say “NO” to the riches they bring," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.Earlier, Trump's oligarch ally Elon Musk reacted to a recent policy call by Arizona Democratic Representative Yassamin Ansari regarding the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence.In a post on X, Musk wrote, "It's a Brave New World".The entrepreneur's commentary followed a statement shared by Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari on the platform, in which she argued that regulating the sector should be an immediate priority."Top of the Democratic agenda on day 1 needs to be a pause on advanced AI development, regulation of this out-of-control industry, and a ban on artificial superintelligence," Ansari wrote.This friction over technological policy unfolds against a broader backdrop of political upheaval, as Musk separately reacted to sweeping Democratic victories in the 2026 US midterm elections with sarcastic posts on X, including a remark that "data centres in space" were looking increasingly appealing, after Republicans suffered major electoral setbacks despite his extensive financial support for their campaigns.The scale of the Democratic victory was quite stunning for the modern era in which narrow majorities are the norm.Republicans entered the election with a 53-47 advantage in the Senate and a slim House majority (218-214). Democrats flipped seven Republican-held Senate seats, taking the chamber with a projected 54-44 advantage among contests already called, with the possibility of extending it to 55-45.In the House, Democrats crossed 240+ seats mark, with the slim Republican majority of four seats buried under a Democratic demolition.You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.