Trump has been ‘amazingly constant’ on Iran nuclear coverage, Vance says

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Vice President JD Vance on Monday defended President Donald Trump's place on Iran in response to what he described as "loopy" accusations on social media.

"Look, I am seeing this from the within, and am admittedly biased in the direction of our president (and my pal), however there's a lot of crazy stuff on social media, so I needed to deal with some issues immediately on the Iran subject," Vance wrote on X.

He mentioned Trump "has been amazingly constant, over 10 years, that Iran can't have a nuclear weapon.

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Vice President JD Vance speaks with American Compass founder Oren Cass on the American Compass' New World Gala in Washington, June 3, 2025. (AP Picture/Mark Schiefelbein)

"Over the previous couple of months, he inspired his overseas coverage group to achieve a cope with the Iranians to perform this objective. The president has made clear that Iran can't have uranium enrichment. And he mentioned repeatedly that this could occur one in every of two ways--the simple manner or the ‘different’ manner."

The vice chairman mentioned he noticed "numerous confusion" on-line over the difficulty of "civilian nuclear energy" and "uranium enrichment."

"These are distinct points. Iran might have civilian nuclear energy with out enrichment, however Iran rejected that," Vance mentioned. "In the meantime, they've enriched uranium far above the extent vital for any civilian objective. They have been present in violation of their non-proliferation obligations by the Worldwide Atomic Power Company (IAEA), which is hardly a rightwing group.

"It is one factor to need civilian nuclear vitality. It is one other factor to demand refined enrichment capability. And it is nonetheless one other to cling to enrichment whereas concurrently violating fundamental non-proliferation obligations and enriching proper to the purpose of weapons-grade uranium."

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters whereas flying aboard Air Drive One en route from Calgary, Canada, to Joint Base Andrews, Md., late Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Picture/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Vance said he is but to see "a single good argument for why Iran wanted to complement uranium effectively above the edge for civilian use" and "for why Iran was justified in violating its non-proliferation obligations."

"I've but to see a single good pushback towards the IAEA's findings," he wrote. "In the meantime, the president has proven outstanding restraint in retaining our army's concentrate on defending our troops and defending our residents. He could determine he must take additional motion to finish Iranian enrichment. That call in the end belongs to the president.

"And naturally, individuals are proper to be fearful about overseas entanglement after the final 25 years of idiotic overseas coverage. However I consider the president has earned some belief on this subject. And having seen this up shut and private, I can guarantee you that he's solely considering utilizing the American army to perform American folks's targets. No matter he does, that's his focus."

Trump on Tuesday took to TRUTH Social to name for an "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER" from Iran on the fifth day since Israel launched its preemptive assaults on Iranian nuclear websites and management.

Israeli safety forces examine a web site hit by a missile launched from Iran in central Israel Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Picture/Baz Ratner)

America has been surging property to the Center East and reportedly helped Israel block Iranian counter-strikes.

Trump left the G7 summit in Canada early Monday to move again to Washington, D.C., for a Scenario Room assembly on Iran Tuesday afternoon.

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"We all know precisely the place the so-called ‘Supreme Chief’ is hiding," Trump wrote earlier Tuesday in a social media publish. "He's a straightforward goal, however is secure there - We aren't going to take him out (kill!), a minimum of not for now. However we don’t need missiles shot at civilians, or American troopers. Our persistence is carrying skinny. Thanks in your consideration to this matter!"

Trump mentioned Tuesday that the US and Israel have "full and whole management of the skies over Iran."

Danielle Wallace is a breaking information and politics reporter at Fox Information Digital. Story ideas could be despatched to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on X: @danimwallace .