At a campaign rally in Wasilla, Alaska, ahead of the 3 November midterm elections, Donald Trump again said he had to go to war with Iran because it was "two weeks away from having a nuclear weapon", though US intelligence told Congress in 2025 that Iran had suspended its weapons pursuit in 2003. He also repeated a disputed claim that South Korea agreed to invest $50bn in an Alaska gas pipeline, which Seoul says it has not committed to, and closed by promising voters $5,000 if Republicans win Congress. The remarks matter because they come as Trump campaigns for his party with a war he launched in February 2026 still central to his justification and with fact-checkers challenging many of his claims.