Trump drops push for Iran deal, redirects Vance to US crime
What's new: The shift cast doubt on possible talks with Tehran and sent US stock futures lower as the war entered its ninth month.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States no longer needs a deal with Iran, signaling a harder line in the ninth month of the U.S.-Iran war and redirecting Vice President JD Vance away from diplomacy. In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote that the U.S. had “their money” and “their Strait,” referring to the Strait of Hormuz, a vital route for global energy shipments. The move came a little more than a week after Republicans suffered major midterm losses that Vance and other party figures have tied to the war. The Wall Street Journal had reported that Vance was weighing face-to-face talks with a senior Iranian security official. Trump instead told Vance to focus on corruption and crime in Democratic-led states including Minnesota, California and Illinois.