Trump pulls Vance from Iran talks in bet on shaky status quo

U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance take part in a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday. | REUTERS

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Nov 13, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump has floated a new strategy for his war against Iran: leave the conflict in limbo and walk away.

On Thursday, Trump said he told Vice President JD Vance not to negotiate with Iran and suggested the conflict could end without a deal to impose agreed-upon limits on Tehran’s nuclear weapons program — after repeatedly stressing that was why the U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran in the first place.

“We don’t need a deal with Iran,” Trump wrote on social media. “Those days have long since passed.”

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