Vance defends Trump's Iran position amid 'crazy stuff on social media'

Vice President JD Vance connected Monday defended President Donald Trump's presumption connected Iran successful effect to what helium described arsenic "crazy" accusations connected societal media. 

"Look, I'm seeing this from the inside, and americium admittedly biased towards our president (and my friend), but there's a batch of brainsick stuff connected societal media, truthful I wanted to code immoderate things straight connected the Iran issue," Vance wrote connected X. 

He said Trump "has been amazingly consistent, implicit 10 years, that Iran cannot person a atomic weapon.

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Vice President JD Vance speaks with American Compass laminitis Oren Cass astatine the American Compass' New World Gala successful Washington, June 3, 2025.  (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

"Over the past fewer months, helium encouraged his overseas argumentation squad to scope a woody with the Iranians to execute this goal. The president has made wide that Iran cannot person uranium enrichment. And helium said repeatedly that this would hap 1 of 2 ways--the casual mode oregon the ‘other’ way."

The vice president said helium saw "a batch of confusion" online implicit the contented of "civilian atomic power" and "uranium enrichment." 

"These are chiseled issues. Iran could person civilian atomic powerfulness without enrichment, but Iran rejected that," Vance said. "Meanwhile, they've enriched uranium acold supra the level indispensable for immoderate civilian purpose. They've been recovered successful usurpation of their non-proliferation obligations by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is hardly a rightwing organization. 

"It's 1 happening to privation civilian atomic energy. It's different happening to request blase enrichment capacity. And it's inactive different to cling to enrichment portion simultaneously violating basal non-proliferation obligations and enriching close to the constituent of weapons-grade uranium."

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters portion flying aboard Air Force One en way from Calgary, Canada, to Joint Base Andrews, Md., precocious Monday, June 16, 2025.  (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Vance said he's yet to spot "a azygous bully statement for wherefore Iran needed to enrich uranium good supra the threshold for civilian use" and "for wherefore Iran was justified successful violating its non-proliferation obligations." 

"I've yet to spot a azygous bully pushback against the IAEA's findings," helium wrote. "Meanwhile, the president has shown singular restraint successful keeping our military's absorption connected protecting our troops and protecting our citizens. He whitethorn determine helium needs to instrumentality further enactment to extremity Iranian enrichment. That determination yet belongs to the president. 

"And of course, radical are close to beryllium disquieted astir overseas entanglement aft the past 25 years of idiotic overseas policy. But I judge the president has earned immoderate spot connected this issue. And having seen this up adjacent and personal, I tin guarantee you that helium is lone funny successful utilizing the American subject to execute American people's goals. Whatever helium does, that is his focus." 

Trump connected Tuesday took to TRUTH Social to telephone for an "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER" from Iran connected the 5th time since Israel launched its preemptive attacks connected Iranian atomic sites and leadership. 

Israeli information forces inspect a tract deed by a rocket launched from Iran successful cardinal Israel Tuesday, June 17, 2025.  (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

The United States has been surging assets to the Middle East and reportedly helped Israel artifact Iranian counter-strikes. 

Trump near the G7 acme successful Canada aboriginal Monday to caput backmost to Washington, D.C., for a Situation Room gathering connected Iran Tuesday afternoon. 

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"We cognize precisely wherever the alleged ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding," Trump wrote earlier Tuesday successful a societal media post. "He is an casual target, but is harmless determination - We are not going to instrumentality him retired (kill!), astatine slightest not for now. But we don’t privation missiles changeable astatine civilians, oregon American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin. Thank you for your attraction to this matter!" 

Trump said Tuesday that the United States and Israel person "complete and full power of the skies implicit Iran."