‘We don’t want a deal’ – Trump tells Vance to show his focus away from Iran

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By Linda Ikeji
13 November 2026, 10:36 pm

United States President Donald Trump has signaled a pointy shift in his administration’s diplomatic posture towards Tehran, saying on social media that Washington doesn’t want an settlement with Iran and instructing Vice President JD Vance to pivot away from main negotiations.

In a morning assertion posted to Truth Social, Trump directed Vance, who had been spearheading diplomatic outreach to safe a ceasefire and broader decision, to as an alternative commit his full consideration to addressing alleged crime and corruption in Democratic-governed states and cities.

“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!” Trump wrote, referring to frozen Iranian belongings and U.S. naval management over the Strait of Hormuz.

 The directive follows quiet diplomatic efforts between Washington and Tehran aimed toward averting a renewed escalation into full-scale battle.

The reassignment additionally distances Vance from stalled negotiations after the vp publicly attributed latest Republican midterm election losses to voter dissatisfaction over the struggle with Iran, a battle Trump agreed carried political prices, although he maintained the army intervention was justified to forestall Tehran from buying nuclear weapons.

Later within the day, throughout an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump supplied a extra hawkish evaluation of the standoff. While reiterating earlier remarks that rapid army motion was pointless as a result of U.S. forces preserve management over the Persian Gulf waterway, he acknowledged he wouldn’t hesitate to renew strikes if situations deteriorated.

“We control the Gulf in terms of the Hormuz Strait. We control it, totally control it. But the answer is, if I saw things going the other way, I would do that. And it’s possible I would do it right now,” Trump mentioned, including that he would view leaving workplace with Iran’s present management remaining in energy as a defeat.