Ted Cruz Predicts Trump Will End Iran War Soon as Rising Gas Prices Fuel Voter Anger Across America

Republican Senator Ted Cruz has predicted that President Donald Trump will bring the war with Iran to an end soon, acknowledging that the conflict has lasted far longer than the White House expected and contributed to the economic frustration behind Republicans’ crushing midterm election defeat.

“There is no doubt the Iran war, when it began nine months ago, I don’t think the president believed it would last as long as it did,” Cruz said in remarks circulated after the November 3 elections.

The Texas senator acknowledged the conflict’s impact on household finances. “It has driven up gas prices. There are a lot of things driving up gas prices, but that is one of them.”

“I think you’re going to see the president bring the Iran war to a conclusion pretty quickly,” he predicted, without identifying a timetable or any agreement that might end the fighting.

Cruz had initially supported Trump’s military campaign against Iran and argued in March that it would not become a prolonged conflict. Following the Republican defeat, however, he said the war had dragged on too long and should end, while maintaining his opposition to financial concessions to Tehran.

His criticism extended beyond foreign policy to his party’s failure to address Americans’ rising living costs.

“For a lot of people, it has become more and more difficult to put food on the table, to pay the mortgage, to pay the rent,” Cruz said, arguing that Republicans had not sufficiently prioritized jobs, the economy and household expenses.

“We focused on a lot of things other than the economy, jobs and helping people,” he acknowledged.

Cruz also pointed to a widening gap between wealthy Americans and families struggling to afford basic necessities.

“People at the top are doing really, really well,” he said, before citing what he described as record sales of Spam, the inexpensive canned meat product.

In his post-election analysis, Cruz said 113 million cans were sold in 2025, using the figure to illustrate financial hardship. Hormel has reported repeated sales records for the brand, although the figure alone does not establish that economic distress drove purchases.

The senator described the election results as a severe rejection of Republican priorities and urged his party to listen to working-class voters who had turned against it.

“Food is too high, gas is too high, diesel is too high, insurance is too high, life is too high,” he said.