Donald Trump smiles as Vice President J.D. Vance speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on March 16, 2026, in Washington.
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U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance on Monday (March 16, 2026) expressed support for the way President Donald Trump was handling the war in Iran and said he trusted him to make sure that “the mistakes of the past” are not repeated.
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See Details on AmazonMr. Vance’s comments appeared to be an effort to counter questions about whether his well-known anti-war and isolationist views put him at odds with Mr. Trump. Since the war began on February 28, Mr. Vance had not publicly offered unequivocal support for it.
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Part of the speculation over a possible disagreement had been triggered by Mr. Trump’s comments in previous weeks that Vance, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps two decades ago, was “philosophically a little bit different” than him and that he was “maybe less enthusiastic” about attacking Iran.
Mr. Vance, asked on Monday (March 16, 2026) if he was “onboard” with the war and whether he had any “hesitation,” said the president has long said Iran should not obtain a nuclear weapon and that he agreed with him.
“I think one big difference is…we have a smart president whereas in the past, we’ve had dumb presidents and I trust President Trump to get the job done, to do a good job for the American people, and to make sure that the mistakes of the past are not repeated,” said Mr. Vance, standing alongside Mr. Trump during an Oval Office event.
Mr. Vance, once a self-described “never-Trumper,” wrote an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal in early 2023 saying Mr. Trump’s best foreign policy was not starting any wars during his first four years in office between 2017 to 2021.
“My entire adult lifetime has been shaped by presidents who threw America into unwise wars and failed to win them,” wrote Mr. Vance, who has also been openly critical of Washington sending billions of dollars worth of weapons to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia’s invasion.
Published – March 17, 2026 07:12 am IST
