Vance says US ‘fundamentally’ on right trajectory with Iran but ‘it’s just going to be really messy’
Vice President JD Vance expressed uncertainty over next steps with Iran, saying he expects it to be “really messy,” in an interview released Wednesday.
He also claimed that the U.S. would not be involved in an indefinite bombing campaign and declined to divulge his personal stance on the war.
“I don’t know exactly where this is going to go, but I think fundamentally we are on the right trajectory. It’s just going to be really messy, and there’s going to be a lot of stops and starts,” Vance said.
The vice president claimed the mid-ceasefire escalation from Iran was the result of a “freak out” among hard-liners within Iran over the increase in oil passing through the Strait after the MOU was signed, and that “pragmatists” in Iran are still looking to negotiate.
Vance said the U.S. is currently navigating a “delicate diplomatic dance,” adding that they are still “trying to talk to the pragmatists.”