Posted on 11/12/2026 9:23:40 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
He previously said he was open to the vice president restarting talks with Tehran, but now says a deal isn’t necessary
WASHINGTON—President Trump said Thursday that the U.S. didn’t need a deal with Iran and would prefer Vice President JD Vance, who has taken the lead in negotiations, work on investigating American cities run by Democrats.
“I have asked Vice President Vance to focus his complete and total attention on the Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities and States throughout the U.S.,” Trump posted on social media. “We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed. We’ve got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we’ve got their Strait!”
The move comes as Vance had opened a communications channel with Mohsen Rezaei, the hard-line secretary of Iran’s top security body, and considered face-to-face talks with him. U.S. officials were at the early stages of discussing in-person meetings aimed at ending the conflict, which has led to higher prices for fuel and consumer goods.
Trump’s move is a sudden reversal. In recent days, the president had told top aides and counterparts that he was open to Vance restarting talks with Iran and had empowered him to negotiate.
A spokesman for Vance didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump’s post.
Vance had been the administration’s top Iran negotiator for months, but his role took on more urgency after the vice president blamed the war for Republicans’ disastrous midterms performance. Even before the conflict began, Vance argued internally that the U.S. should find a diplomatic solution to rid Iran of its nuclear program instead of joining Israel in an all-out bombing campaign.
Trump’s announcement jumbles his current Iran strategy, which has already changed course several times since...
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It looks as though Trump has not learned his messaging lesson one bit.
Agree with his position but why can’t he just say things a bit more constructively - like we are going to let sanctions work
to “making a deal”,,,,,
to now “whatever”……..
oh well.
On the other hand, Vance’s comments are kind of beyond the pale given he was reportedly the guy who advocated for a premature end to bombing to focus on negotiations.
Should have been there from the beginning.
If those stories are true Vance caused the rat bloodbath and is the reason that Trump will probably be the last Republican President.
One area where Vance should focus is government contractors/vendors and their FRAUD WASTE ABUSE. Because it is WHITE COLLAR crime it lacks the emotional zing of Somali crime. But often this white collar crime is what makes much of the other crime possible.
Deloitte IES Integrated Eligibility System is the IT software that controls welfare and makes welfare possible in 25+ states...all the big states both Red and Blue ... CA TX FL GA MO IL WI MI PA NY MA etc. Deloitte intentional FRAUD is the reason there are so many DEAD and DUPLICATES on welfare roles receiving welfare.
Also Deloitte software is much worse at address and DEI data than in the private sector. This is more in the WASTE category than the FRAUD category... although the bad address situation is exploited by the mosquitos in the swamp.
There’s plenty of fraud to go around. Targeting just the blue states is lame and makes it seems like only score-settling.
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