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Vance says ‘no chance’ US will get into protracted Middle East war

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As President Donald Trump pressures Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions amid rising tensions, Vice President J.D. Vance told the Washington Post that the United States has no chance of engaging in a years-long war in the Middle East.

“The idea that we’re going to be in a Middle East war for years with no end in sight is unlikely to happen,” Vance said Thursday. exit.

“I think we all prefer the diplomatic option,” he said, according to the Post. “But it really depends on what the Iranians do and say.”

Vice President J.D. Vance waves after speaking at Pointe Precision on February 26, 2026 in Plover, Wisconsin. (Matt Rourke-Pool/Getty Images)

“I think we need to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. I also think we need to avoid relearning the lessons of the past. Just because a president screws up a military conflict doesn’t mean we can never have a military conflict again. We have to be careful about that, but I think the president is careful,” Vance told the outlet.

Fox News Digital reached out to Vance’s office and the White House on Friday morning.

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Vice President J.D. Vance and President Donald Trump attend the inaugural meeting of the Peace Board at the Donald J. Trump Peace Institute on February 19, 2026 in Washington, DC (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump said in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night: “My preference is to resolve this problem through diplomacy. But one thing is certain: I will never allow the world’s number one sponsor of terrorism (which they are by far) to have nuclear weapons.”

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In Real Social to post Regarding Iran on Monday, the president said he would “rather have a deal than no deal, but if we don’t make a deal, it’s going to be a very bad day for this country and unfortunately for its people, because they are great and wonderful and something like this should never have happened to them.”