Trump: "There is no need for an agreement with Iran"... Sharp turn in Vance-led negotiation theory (comprehensive)

Recently, emphasis was placed on negotiations, saying ‘the possibility of an attack is small’… Adding confusion to Trump's strategy against Iran

(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Baek Na-ri = U.S. President Donald Trump said on the 12th (local time) that there was no need for an agreement with Iran and ordered Vice President JD Vance, who had been leading the negotiations, to focus on other tasks.

“We don’t need an agreement with Iran,” President Trump said on the social media platform TruthSocial, adding, “Those days are long gone.”

President Trump claimed, “We have secured hundreds of billions of dollars of their money and we have taken control of their Strait of Hormuz.”

At the same time, he said that large-scale corruption and crime are taking place in areas run by the Democratic Party and asked Vice President Vance, who has been seeking negotiations with Iran, to focus on this issue.

President Trump named Minnesota, California, and Illinois and described these Democratic regions as 'disasters stained with corruption.'

He went on to claim that if large-scale corruption in these areas is corrected, the U.S. budget can be quickly balanced, and that “corruption is in the blood of the Democratic Party leadership.”

President Trump's comments are interpreted as meaning that he will halt negotiations with Iran led by Vice President Vance, maintain a maritime blockade against Iran, and continue economic pressure.

It is attracting attention as it may mean that expectations for negotiations may be abandoned and a resumption of attacks against Iran may be considered. It is also possible that this is a stepping stone to increase pressure on Iran by raising the theory that negotiations are useless.

In an interview with conservative host Hugh Hewitt released this afternoon, President Trump made it clear that he would resume attacking Iran if necessary, saying, "I will not hesitate if things do not go as planned."

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) pointed out that this remark, “a sudden change in President Trump’s position,” is further confusing the Trump administration’s strategy against Iran.

Ahead of the midterm elections, President Trump repeatedly sent messages that he could attack Iran after the elections, but recently he seemed to be putting weight on negotiations, saying there was little chance of resuming airstrikes.

There were also reports that Vice President Vance was considering a direct meeting with Iran's hard-line security chief to end the war with Iran. After the Republican Party's crushing defeat in the midterm elections, Vice President Vance attempted to differentiate himself from President Trump by pointing to the Iran War as the main cause of the defeat and emphasizing the need to end the war.

Meanwhile, in an interview today, President Trump also claimed that no American has died in the Iran war over the past five months. However, the U.S. media pointed out that of the 20 people who have died in the Iran war so far, four died in July alone.