Vance says ‘goal No. 1’ of Iran war is to lower gas prices

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Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that President Donald Trump‘s immediate priority regarding the war with Iran is to lower oil and gas prices, ahead of preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

The vice president was pressed in an interview with Fox News’s Will Cain to address “frustration” with the “seesaw nature” of the conflict, given the lack of negotiating progress and repeated stoppages of commerce flowing through the Strait of Hormuz.

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