Vance plays good cop amid Iran talks

Published June 22, 2026 11:44am ET



Vice President JD Vance has become the face of the Iran deal, leaving two immediate tasks before him: negotiate a final peace deal and ultimately sell it to the public. 

Doing so, according to Trumpworld insiders, requires couching President Donald Trump’s brash public statements, keeping both domestic and foreign wings of the president’s coalition on task, and seamlessly shifting from defense to offense as the situation demands. 

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