According to CoinMeta, a research report by CITIC Securities states that Iran's series of strategic demands and objectives leave little room for compromise between the two major political parties in the United States. The report points out that the Republican Party's loss in this mid-term election does not necessarily mean that tensions between the US and Iran will intensify or ease. The Trump administration may continue its high-pressure economic blockade against Iran, and the risk of a Middle East war will remain in a pattern where "the risk of escalation is controllable, but a deadlock in negotiations is difficult to resolve." The main constraint on potential escalation comes from fiscal appropriation restrictions passed by the US Congress, which aim to prevent the conflict from escalating uncontrollably. American citizens have expressed strong dissatisfaction with the continuation of the war in Iran through these mid-term elections, and Trump's political gains from escalating the conflict have significantly diminished. The difficulty in de-escalating the conflict lies in the fact that Iran's strategic demands leave little room for compromise between the two US parties, and the US lacks viable means to withdraw from the war.