Trump: We Do Not Need an Agreement with Iran
Trump rejected negotiating with Tehran and directed Vance to focus efforts on combating fraud domestically, praising Defense Secretary Hegseth amid tensions with Congress.
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US President Donald Trump said yesterday that he had directed his vice president, JD Vance, to focus exclusively on efforts within the United States to combat fraud, rather than engaging in negotiations with Tehran. In a post on his platform, Truth Social, he wrote, “We don’t need a deal with Iran; those days are long gone.” He added, “We have taken their money—hundreds of billions of dollars—and we have taken their strait.”
His remarks came hours after a Wall Street Journal report stated that Vance was considering holding direct talks with a senior Iranian security official. The newspaper’s report added that Trump had informed his aides and counterparts that he was open to the idea of Vance resuming talks with Tehran and had tasked him with negotiating.
Oil prices rose following Trump’s social media post, while futures on the Wall Street exchange recorded further declines.
Trump had said, in a speech delivered at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, “When this war ends, which will be soon, the entire world will become a safer, better, more peaceful place, free from the dangers we have had to endure.” He noted that the war was not started by Washington, but by Tehran, which he said has “been waging war on America since 1979,” and stressed that US forces are working to prevent Iran from acquiring the capability to build a nuclear weapon.
In his speech, Trump praised the memory of veterans, saying, “The courage and skill of our amazing American warriors were exceptional by every measure.” He singled out Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was present, commending his “wonderful work.” Republican members of the US House of Representatives had on Tuesday blocked an effort launched by a Republican lawmaker whose term is ending to impeach Hegseth, alleging that he waged war without congressional authorization and misused his authority as defense secretary.
Trump participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the cemetery, a monument honoring American soldiers who died in wars. Trump also addressed the proposed “Arc of Victory,” a 76-meter-tall structure he hopes to build near the cemetery, noting that it would be inaugurated “soon.”
