Vance says ‘dumb presidents’ mark difference in previous Middle East attacks

• Vice President JD Vance said that the current conflict with Iran will not become a “drawn-out” commitment like the War on Terror, distinguishing the Donald Trump approach from past administrations.
• During an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, Vance attributed past prolonged foreign entanglements to “dumb presidents,” asserting that Trump knew how to efficiently secure America’s national security.
• The US launched airstrikes against three Iranian nuclear sites in support of Israel’s ‘Operation Rising Lion’, with the goal of dismantling Iran's nuclear program.
• Critics compared the situation to past foreign policy blunders and questioning his claim that the US is “not at war with Iran” but “at war with Iran’s nuclear program”.
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the bombing raids an “overwhelming success,” while Tehran has vowed retaliation, potentially by closing the Strait of Hormuz or targeting American military bases.

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Vance says difference between this Middle East attack and others is that previous presidents were ‘dumb’