Trump says ‘we don’t need a deal with Iran’
What happened
President Donald Trump said the U.S. no longer needs a deal with Iran and told Vice President JD Vance to drop negotiations, according to CNBC.
Trump instead ordered Vance to focus on corruption and crime in Democrat-run cities and states.
Trump wrote on Truth Social that Washington has Iran's money, "Hundreds of Billions of Dollars," and also controls the Strait of Hormuz.
The Wall Street Journal reported a day earlier that Vance was weighing an in-person meeting with a senior Iranian security official.
The Journal also reported that Trump had told aides and counterparts he was open to Vance reopening talks with Tehran.
The announcement comes just over a week after Republicans took heavy losses in the midterms, and Democrats won control of Congress.
The war began with U.S.-Israeli strikes in late February and is now in its ninth month; Iran's blockade of the strait has pushed energy prices up.
“We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed.”
The Hindu
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- 2026-11-12 15:03 UTCCopenhagen Post · cphpost.dk ↗
- 2026-11-12 16:50 UTCCNA same text as Arab News · channelnewsasia.com ↗
- 2026-11-12 17:09 UTCTimes of Israel · timesofisrael.com ↗
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