Former White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley says Republicans losing at the midterms could see US President Donald Trump up the level of “kinetic activity” on Iran. “I think that Iran understands too that if the Republicans lose the midterms, you have that time period between November and January where the new crop is sworn in,” Mr Hogan told News24 host Danica De Giorgio. “You wait and see if he loses and there is no ramification, then I would say Katie bar the door because I could see him ramping up some kinetic activity by the likes of which we’ve never seen before.”