Trump Says JD Vance Owns Iran Deal if It Fails, Claims Credit if 1 MOU Succeeds
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Updated · ms.now · Jun 17
Trump Says JD Vance Owns Iran Deal if It Fails, Claims Credit if 1 MOU Succeeds
3 articles · Updated · ms.now · Jun 17
Summary
At the G7 in France, Trump repeated that he would blame JD Vance if the Iran peace memorandum fails but take full credit if it succeeds, casting the vice president as the public owner of the talks.
The remark echoed an April 1 White House Easter luncheon exchange, when Trump pressed Vance for an update on negotiations and delivered nearly the same line after asking whether a deal would happen.
Vance had been described as less enthusiastic about the war and privately skeptical of the offensive, yet Trump put him in charge of negotiations and he is now defending the framework in public.
That has fed Republican criticism focused on Vance rather than Trump, reinforcing reports that the vice president is being positioned as the political fall guy if the Iran deal unravels.