{"id":1607,"date":"2026-07-08T11:04:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T06:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=1607"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:04:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T06:04:45","slug":"its-a-vulnerability-vance-makes-a-political-gamble-with-public-facing-iran-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=1607","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s a vulnerability\u2019: Vance makes a political gamble with public-facing Iran role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/ff\/cf\/a3f98a7d403d82685afad54c3655\/white-house-2-998.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-v-5d6b1cb2=\"\"><!--[--><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">Still, <!--[-->Trump<!--]--> was angry with <!--[-->Vance<!--]--> last summer for not echoing the president\u2019s statement that Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities had been \u201ctotally obliterated\u201d after the first round of U.S. strikes, according to an excerpt from the upcoming book \u201cRegime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of <!--[-->Donald Trump<!--]-->\u201d by Maggie Haberman and <!--[-->Jonathan Swan<!--]--> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/06\/18\/donald-trump-jd-vance-iran-haberman-swan-book-excerpt-00967874\" class=\"text-[var(--color-link-default)]\"><!--[--><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">obtained by POLITICO<\/span><!--]--><\/a>. (A senior White House official said the reporting around the \u201cobliterated\u201d quote was \u201ccompletely mischaracterized.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">Despite Vance\u2019s reservations about intervention in the Middle East, he quickly came on board the president\u2019s position as the White House undertook a second round of strikes on Iran in February. <!--[-->Vance<!--]--> \u201cvery much wanted to go to Islamabad\u201d for the attempt at peace talks in April, a senior White House official said at the time. The vice president\u2019s relationship with the Pakistani field marshal has been credited as playing a key role in negotiations.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">A Republican close to the White House said that the risk to both <!--[-->Trump<!--]--> and <!--[-->Vance<!--]--> was allowing the war to continue and destroying the economy in the process.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">\u201cThe entire political apparatus around the president and virtually all the senior members of his team inside the administration were all largely aligned on ending this war,\u201d the Republican said. \u201cInterestingly, from the most hawkish to the most dovish, there were no major players inside the administration who attempted to stop or torpedo the deal. There was broad agreement that it was time to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">Yet the president himself has appeared to acknowledge that the jury is still out on the peace agreement, joking about the front-facing role <!--[-->Vance<!--]--> is taking with it.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">\u201cIf [the Iran deal] works out, I\u2019m going to take the credit. If it doesn\u2019t work out, I\u2019m blaming JD. You better be careful, JD,\u201d <!--[-->Trump<!--]--> told reporters at the G7 summit on Wednesday. \u201cHe\u2019s gonna turn his plane around and get the hell out of here. Yeah, I like that idea. I think it\u2019s a good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">Vance\u2019s potential 2028 presidential bid raises the political stakes even higher. <!--[-->Vance<!--]-->, in his posture on the Iran war, has run into a quagmire that has befelled many of his predecessors: Any successes are attributed to the president; any failures the vice president is forced to own, as in the case of former Vice President <!--[-->Kamala Harris<!--]--> as border czar.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">One person close to the vice president\u2019s team noted that <!--[-->Vance<!--]--> has been able to play the role of \u201cgood, loyal vice president\u201d despite his reservations about the war. 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