US Vice President JD Vance said America has achieved most of its military objectives in Iran and that President Donald Trump plans to press on “for a little while longer” before pulling out enough time, he argued, to ensure the conflict doesn’t need repeating anytime soon.
“The president is going to keep at it for a little while longer to ensure that once we leave, we don’t have to do this again for a very, very long time,” Vance said in an interview with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson.
The stated goal, Vance said, is to degrade Iran’s military capabilities and choke off its path to a nuclear weapon. He put it bluntly: “We need to neuter them for a very, very long time, and that’s the purpose.”
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Vance acknowledged that petrol prices have climbed since the conflict began but said the spike would be short-lived. “This is a very, very temporary reaction to what is ultimately going to be a short-term conflict,” he said, adding that the Trump administration has no interest in an open-ended deployment. “We’re not interested in being in Iran a year down the road, two years down the road. We’re taking care of business, we’re going to be out of there soon, and gas prices are going to come back down.”
On Saturday, US Central Command released footage of strikes on Iranian naval assets, posting on X: “For decades, Iranian naval vessels have threatened and harassed global shipping in regional waters, but those days are over.”
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