Vice President JD Vance said President Donald Trump’s inflammatory statements over the weekend did not disrupt talks between the U.S. and Iran, while acknowledging that there were some tense moments over the course of the negotiations.
“No, they didn’t throw a wrench in the system,” Vance said of Trump’s words. “The thing with the Iranians, yes, they did threaten to walk out, or at least there were social media threats that they would walk out, but we were negotiating well past one in the morning yesterday, so they didn’t walk out.”
Trump issued several threats aimed at Iran’s leadership, telling Fox News he had warned Tehran it would face consequences if it disrupted the traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
“You close it, and you won’t have a country. You won’t even make it back to your f**king country,” Trump claimed to have told Iranian leaders.
Vance said that despite some tension, the two sides made good progress.
“Yes, there was a little bit of threatening,” Vance continued. “There was a little bit of whining, but at the end of the day, the talks continued, and we made great progress.”
