Vice President JD Vance defended Donald Trump’s policies.
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The conflict with Iran is about to reach three months, but the Vice President assured the press Tuesday that it will not be a “forever war.”
JD Vance, 41, stood during a White House briefing as he took the place of press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is out on maternity leave. He defended President Donald Trump’s policies, albeit in a less confrontational way than his boss, as journalists speculated about his possible bid for a presidential run, according to Newsmax.
Vance refused to discard using taxpayer money to reimburse people convicted of assaulting police officers during the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, rejected European worries over Washington ditching troop deployment to Poland as exaggerated and called a reporter’s suggestion that Trump’s recent stock purchases raised corruption concerns “absurd.”
According to Newsmax, the briefing room of the White House has come out this month as a makeshift audition stage in the fight to succeed President Donald Trump in 2028. Vance’s appearance at the podium came about two weeks after Secretary of State Marco Rubio, his possible future nemesis, and garnered wide attention for his debut briefing.
🚨 NOW: JD Vance responds to suggestions Iran is becoming a "forever war"
— Eric Deters (@bulllaw) May 19, 2026
"This is NOT a forever war. We're going to take care of business and come HOME. That's what the president's promised. And that's exactly what he's going to deliver!" pic.twitter.com/xi5HJCDNzc
“Marco’s right, this really is chaos,” Vance quipped as reporters who packed the room shouted for his attention.
When a reporter mentioned Vance as “a potential future candidate,” he rushed to correct her.
“I’m not a potential future candidate,” he said. “I’m a vice president, and I really like my job, and I’m going to try to do as good of a job as I can.”
Vance, 41, a former Marine and a convert to Catholicism who has long spoken against U.S. entanglements in foreign wars, on Tuesday said any escalation with Tehran in the absence of a diplomatic solution would serve long-term U.S. security interests.
“This is not a forever war,” he said. “We’re going to take care of business and come home.”
Nevertheless, the war in Iran will possibly hang over the political futures of both Rubio and Vance. Since the conflict started on February 28, it has caused the shutdown of a large chunk of the global oil trade, sending U.S. gas prices about 50% higher and raising alarm among Republicans defending congressional majorities in the November midterm elections.
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