President Donald Trump stated that the United States does not need a deal with Iran and reassigned Vice President JD Vance to focus entirely on domestic corruption investigations, OFFNews reported.
Reuters reported that Trump ordered Vance to focus “entirely” on alleged crimes and corruption in Democrat-run cities and states.
The decision marks a sharp pivot from reports earlier in the week that Vance was considering face-to-face talks with a hardline Iranian security official. Vance had also publicly tied the high costs of the eight-month military conflict to Republican losses in the recent midterms, according to OFFNews.
This development follows weeks of rhetoric from Trump suggesting that Tehran would be more willing to negotiate a deal to end the conflict following the U.S. elections.
“We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days are long gone. We have their money, hundreds of billions of dollars, and we have their strait!”, Trump wrote on social media, referencing the Strait of Hormuz where U.S. forces secure commercial shipping lanes, as cited by OFFNews.
Trump instead instructed Vance to direct his efforts toward investigating alleged fraud in Democratic-led cities and states. “Our budget can be balanced quickly if we deal with this massive criminal activity,” Trump wrote, according to OFFNews.
Rubio said that the economic difficulties caused by Washington are deepening over time, but the U.S. remains open to reaching a “genuine deal.” He described the conditions set by Tehran as absurd.
Trump said that new military strikes are extremely unlikely provided there is progress in nuclear program negotiations and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, Mediapool.bg reported. Trump added that the U.S. is prepared to respond if the situation changes, though he said that Iran’s air defense systems have been destroyed.
President Trump declared that the war with Iran is practically finished, telling reporters at a White House press conference that the Iranian military is broken and the region is secure, BNT News reported. Meanwhile, officials in Tehran said that Washington should stop claiming that negotiations are taking place when they are not.
"If there’s some change in the Middle East situation, the U.S. is fully prepared to retaliate, but for now, there’s no reason to do so. There is no need for military action. Israel and everyone in the region is protected from the Iranian threat," said Donald Trump, President of the United States, according to BNT News.
In a 20-minute phone interview with CNN, Trump said that the future of the conflict “depends on whether they sign a very strong deal,” referring to the Iranian government.
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