Vance Breaks With Trump Over Iran War Strategy

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Vice President JD Vance released a statement on social media Wednesday that surprised many observers in Washington. He blamed his party's midterm election losses on the decision to attack Iran in February, a conflict that Trump had authorized. Vance did not mention Trump by name, but his criticism was sharp and public, marking a rare moment when a sitting vice president openly disagreed with the president on a major foreign policy decision. Trump later acknowledged that the war had influenced the election results, though he defended the choice as necessary to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.