JD Vance chalks up his ‘war’ flip-flop on Iran motion to ‘dumb presidents’ earlier than Trump | EUROtoday

JD Vance says that his 180-degree reversal on his stance on the army motion in Iran is as a result of, earlier than Donald Trump, the U.S. was run by “dumb presidents.”

“I know what you’re trying to do,” the vice chairman stated Monday, when confronted about his earlier statements on American interventionism, that are opposite to his new assist for Trump’s ongoing marketing campaign within the Middle East.

“You’re trying to drive a wedge between members of the administration, between me and the president. What the president has said consistently, going back to 2015 – and I agreed with him – is that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon.”

Vance, who served within the U.S. Marine Corps earlier than his political profession, was a vocal critic of abroad intervention throughout his time as an Ohio Senator.

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Pushed on his personal contradictions, Vance added: “I think one big difference… is that 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 aren’t repeated.”

Trump, who campaigned on an “America first” platform and vowed to not entangle the U.S. in pointless international wars, ordered the primary airstrikes in opposition to Tehran over three weeks in the past. Operation Epic Fury has to date claimed the lives of 13 U.S. servicemen.

Social media customers have been fast to level out Vance’s newer adjustments of coronary heart, together with following the primary bombing of Iran final summer time. “I certainly empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East,” Vance stated in an interview in June 2025.

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“I understand the concern, but the difference is that back then, we had dumb presidents, and now we have a president who actually knows how to accomplish America’s national security objectives.”

“So this is not going to be some long, drawn out thing we’ve got in we’ve done the job of setting their nuclear program back. We’re going to now work to permanently dismantle that nuclear program over the coming years, and that is what the president has set out to do.”

In an episode of the Tim Dillon podcast in October 2024, he stated of U.S. pursuits, “I think very much, is in not going to war with Iran.”

Trump and different administration officers have repeatedly declined to rule out sending U.S. troops into Iran as a part of a floor invasion. As nicely because the 13 lifeless service members, 200 extra have been wounded as of Monday, in keeping with U.S. Central Command.