{"id":33518,"date":"2026-08-09T00:21:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33518"},"modified":"2026-08-09T00:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:21:53","slug":"jd-vance-warns-us-still-in-the-middle-of-the-game-with-iran-despite-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33518","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance warns US still \u2018in the middle of the game\u2019 with Iran despite talks"},"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:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/vancejd_080526gn10_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n        <iframe id=\"instaread_iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Audio Article\" style=\"display:block\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/p>\n<p><\/instaread-player><\/p>\n<p>Vice President Vance said Saturday that the U.S. had made progress in negotiations with Iran but warned the war is still \u201cin the middle of the game\u201d as the Trump administration presses Tehran for concessions to help bring the conflict to an end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think that we\u2019ve made some progress over the last few days,\u201d Vance told Fox News\u2019 Kayleigh McEnany, pointing to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/6012636-iran-oman-deal-strait-of-hormuz\/\">negotiations<\/a> between Iran and Oman over reopening the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>But Vance cautioned against viewing the talks as a sign that an end to the war is imminent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis thing is not over. It\u2019s obviously not at the beginning. We\u2019re in the middle of the game,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re applying a whole host of tools, diplomatic, economic, military tools, to ensure that we get the best outcome for the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vance\u2019s comments come after Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine urged top Trump administration officials to find an \u201coff-ramp\u201d from the nearly six-month war with Iran, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>Caine raised the prospect of finding a way out of the conflict in conversations with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President Vance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/08\/07\/politics\/general-dan-caine-off-ramp-iran-war\">CNN reported Friday<\/a>, citing multiple sources familiar with the discussions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaine is looking for an off ramp,\u201d one source told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>The nation\u2019s top military officer also reportedly warned senior administration officials that continued U.S. airstrikes alone are unlikely to achieve President Trump\u2019s objectives in Iran.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Caine and others privately conceded that bombing Iran is unlikely to force the nation to accept a deal on Trump\u2019s terms, adding to growing concerns among top officials about the military options available to the president.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions came ahead of meetings with Trump in an effort to coordinate their message about the risks and limitations of further military action, including options that would not require deploying U.S. troops on the ground.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media Inc. 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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Vance said Saturday that the U.S. had made progress in negotiations with Iran but warned the war is still \u201cin the middle of the game\u201d as the Trump administration presses Tehran for concessions to help bring the conflict to an end. \u201cI do think that we\u2019ve made some progress over the last few&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/vancejd_080526gn10_w.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}