Trump removes J.D. Vance from the talks with Iran: “We do not need a deal”

WashingtonThe US president, Donald Trump, has announced that he is removing his vice president, J.D. Vance, from the peace talks with Iran, which he had previously assigned him to lead. “I have asked Vice President Vance to dedicate his full attention to the corruption and massive crime taking place in cities and states run by Democrats across the United States,” the president wrote in a series of posts on Truth Social, in which he accuses his political rivals of theft, without providing evidence.

“Democratic leaders have corruption in their blood,” writes Trump, who has downplayed his campaign in the Middle East, which has already been going on for nine months. “We don’t need any deal with Iran. Those days are long gone. We have their money, hundreds of billions of dollars, and we have their strait [of Hormuz],” said the tycoon. However, the reality is quite different.

The announcement comes amidst the resumption of Trump's attacks against the Democrats. Although he recognized the results on election night, this week he was already back to making his usual accusations and insinuating that the midterm elections had been rigged.

J.D. Vance is the head of the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, an entity that Trump created in the spring through an executive order. The alleged fraud investigations, which began following the Minnesota case that served as an excuse to deploy ICE there, were also a way to attack Democratic states with investigations and cut off some federal funds under the pretext of suspected fraud.

The decision to remove J.D. Vance from the negotiations on Iran also comes after the vice president was the first to acknowledge that part of the blame for last week's electoral defeat was the war in the Middle East, which is very unpopular in the country. It is also a way to remove the vice president from a portfolio that could continue to sink his prospects of running for president in 2028. The role of vice president is always thankless, especially when one wants to lead a presidential campaign, as was seen in the case of Kamala Harris. But J.D. Vance's connection to the failed peace talks makes his prospects even worse.