VIDEO | "They didn't like the war. And there's a great dislike, incredibly, for Israel." US President Donald Trump acknowledged on Sunday that public backlash against the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign across the region, soaring domestic energy costs, and an expanding antipathy toward Israel drove the Republican Party’s defeat in the US midterm elections. Speaking during an interview broadcast on CBS News' 60 Minutes, Trump reflected on the electoral setback, attempting to distance his personal brand from down-ballot losses while pointing to the geopolitical and economic fallout of Washington's war effort. "I think if I was on the ballot, it would've been a much different situation," Trump claimed during the exchange. "But there's something beyond that. They didn't like the war. They didn't like the fact that gasoline went up ... And there's a great dislike, incredibly, for Israel."