Washington, Nov. 9 -- US President Donald Trump has addressed the political storm surrounding Vice President JD Vance's post-election analysis, acknowledging that "a lot of people" objected to his deputy's remarks attributing the midterm defeat to the Iran conflict, while maintaining that their alliance remains intact.

Speaking from Florida on Sunday, the President noted that the essay published last week, evaluating the factors that cost Republicans the midterms, had created no friction between them, though his stance evolved from his remarks the previous week, when he stated that he mostly agreed with his second-in-command.

"A lot of people didn't like his comments. But not me," Trump said. "He was right, other than one thing. He shou...