President Donald Trump reflected on the Republicans’ big losses last week with 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat in his first sit-down interview since the midterm elections.

Douthat asked Trump for his analysis of what happened. “Well, No. 1, I was not on the ballot,” he replied. “But I campaigned hard for some people. And I think if I was on the ballot, it would’ve been a much different situation because you saw the level of popularity and love. There was love. We had massive rallies. You had to transfer those voters, however, to candidates that they didn’t like. But there’s something beyond that. They didn’t like the war. They didn’t like the fact that gasoline went up, ’cause I had it down at a low, and there’s a great dislike, incredibly, for Israel.”

The interview aired a few days after Vice President J.D. Vance posted his own lengthy and candid analysis of what he believed went wrong for his party.…