US President Donald Trump has decided to remove Vice President JD Vance from his role in negotiations regarding the end of the war in Iran, reports Politico.Trump’s decision follows criticism voiced by Vance last week, in which he suggested that the war played a role in the Republicans’ crushing defeat in the midterm elections. Instead of focusing on the war, Vance will reportedly turn his attention to combating potential corruption and crime in states and cities led by the Democratic Party. In a post on Truth Social, Trump added that Americans have no need for a deal with Iran.The President wrote that he had asked Vance to focus his full attention on the serious corruption and rising crime rates in Democratic-led states and cities across the country. He emphasized that “blue states”—such as Minnesota, California, Illinois, and others—are poorly managed, corrupt disasters, with billions of dollars being stolen every month.Vance is a potential presidential candidate for the 2028 election; last week, he wrote on social media that the US-initiated war in Iran was largely to blame for the Republicans’ losses in the midterm elections.He wrote that it is open to debate whether the loss of power in the Senate for the next six years was a price worth paying. Trump, who has also suggested that the war in Iran cost them the election, previously stated that he had no objection to what Vance had written.During the spring and summer, the US Vice President was a key figure in Washington’s talks with Tehran. In April, hoping to end the war then and there, Vance traveled to Pakistan, but the negotiations fell through.Meanwhile, Trump wrote on Truth Social that he is no longer seeking a diplomatic solution to the conflict. He declared that an agreement with Iran is unnecessary—that time, he claimed, has long since passed. He noted that the Americans hold Tehran’s funds—hundreds of billions of dollars—and have the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump removes Vice President from handling the war in Iran
