Trump orders Vance to focus on blue state ‘corruption and crime,’ says ‘we…

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• Trump orders Vance to focus on "corruption" in Democrat-run areas, not Iranaxios.com · cred 5/10

  <p><a href="https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump" target="_blank">President Trump</a> directed Vice President <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/10/hegseth-impeachment-iran-jd-vance" target="_blank">JD Vance</a> on Thursday to turn his "complete and total attention" toward alleged corruption in Democrat-run cities and states, contending that "[w]e don't need a deal with Iran."</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>After Vance concluded that the Iran war drove Republicans' stunning midterm walloping, Trump is reorienting his No. 2's focus — and directing him to go after Democrats the president <a href="https://truthsocial.com/%40realDonaldTrump/posts/117603082123932016" target="_blank">labeled</a> as "CORRUPT AND EVIL."</p><hr /><ul><li>Oil prices surged, and stocks sank after Trump's post reinjected a note of uncertainty into a market that was acting like the Iran war was all but over.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>"We don't need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed," Trump wrote on Truth Social.</p><ul><li>Also on Truth Social Thursday, he <a href="https://truthsocial.com/%40realDonaldTrump/posts/117603372250841698" target="_blank">threatened</a> new tariffs on Mexico and <a href="https://truthsocial.com/%40realDonaldTrump/posts/117603494411017954" target="_blank">criticized</a> GOP senators for failing to pass the Save America ACT — adding that failure to do so was "devastating" for Republicans during the midterms.</li><li>He said that he had asked Vance to "focus his complete and total attention" on so-called "Corruption and Crime" in Democrat-run cities and states, naming Minnesota, California and Illinois.</li></ul><p><strong>Vance has <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/establishing-the-task-force-to-eliminate-fraud/" target="_blank">chaired</a> </strong>Trump's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud since the president created it via executive order earlier this year.</p><ul><li>Throughout the first half of his administration and federal crackdown on U.S. cities, Trump has repeatedly framed blue areas as hotbeds of crime and corruption, even when the <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/10/06/trump-chicago-crime-homicides-decline-pritzker-johnson-national-guard" target="_blank">stats</a> <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/04/cities-homicide-rates-fall-2025" target="_blank">haven't</a> necessarily backed up those arguments.</li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>Vance was recently heavily involved in <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/06/vance-leads-push-new-iran-deal" target="_blank">a push</a> to reach a new ceasefire with Iran and resume nuclear negotiations, Axios' Barak Ravid reported.</p><ul><li>Vance was a skeptical voice in Trump's inner circle about the war, Ravid reported, and led U.S. negotiating delegations after it began.</li><li>Vance's office and the White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Vance <a href="https://x.com/JDVance/status/2118004988433641835" target="_blank">offered</a> a surprisingly candid assessment of the midterm shellacking, writing in an X post last week that "[t]he reason we lost is the war."</p><ul><li>He continued: "If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest."</li><li>"But everyone knows why we lost."</li></ul><p><strong>What we're watching: </strong>Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with his G7 counterparts in Paris on Tuesday, where he said Trump had considered resuming the war or cutting a deal but instead settled on strangling the Iranian regime, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/10/trump-iran-war-diplomacy-economic-crackdown" target="_blank">Axios previously reported</a>.</p><ul><li>Rubio has signaled skepticism of a diplomatic breakthrough — and Trump's post indicates that door is closed, for now.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/11/09/trump-iran-war-qatar-negotiations-attacks-unlikely" target="_blank">Trump: New Iran attacks "quite unlikely"</a></p>

  • · President Trump directed Vice President JD Vance to focus on alleged corruption in Democrat-run cities and states.
  • · Trump stated, 'We don't need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed.'

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• Trump Says No Need For Iran Deal, Vance Should Focus on USbloomberg.com · cred 5/10

  President Donald Trump said the US doesn’t need a deal with Iran and instructed Vice President JD Vance to focus on domestic issues rather than negotiations with Tehran.

  • · President Donald Trump said the US doesn’t need a deal with Iran
  • · Vice President JD Vance should focus on domestic issues rather than negotiations with Tehran

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• Trump orders Vance to focus on blue state ‘corruption and crime,’ says ‘we don’t need a deal with Iran’nypost.com · cred 7/10

  President Trump said Thursday he had told Vice President JD Vance to focus his “complete and total attention” on purported benefit fraud in Democrat-run cities and states rather than international diplomacy, adding that the US does not need to complete a deal with Iran at this time.

  • · President Trump told Vice President JD Vance to focus on benefit fraud in Democrat-run cities and states.
  • · Trump stated the US does not need to complete a deal with Iran at this time.
• Trump Says No Iran Deal Needed; Oil Prices Jumpinvestors.com · cred 5/10

  <p>Oil futures shot up on Thursday after President Donald Trump said the U.S. doesn't "need a deal with Iran."</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.investors.com/news/trump-iran-war-hormuz-jd-vance-oil-prices-gas-diesel/">Trump Says No Iran Deal Needed; Oil Prices Jump</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.investors.com">Investor&#039;s Business Daily</a>.</p>

  • · Oil futures rose on Thursday after President Donald Trump nixed the idea of an eventual deal with Iran.
  • · Trump directed Vice President JD Vance to focus on domestic issues rather than on negotiating a peace agreement with Iran.
• Iran War Day 258: Trump Says No Deal Necessary With Irantheamericanconservative.com · cred 5/10

  <p>State of the Union: In a social media post, the president said he was redirecting Vice President J.D. Vance to focus on domestic corruption.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com/iran-war-day-258-trump-says-no-deal-necessary-with-iran/">Iran War Day 258: Trump Says No Deal Necessary With Iran</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com">The American Conservative</a>.</p>

  • · President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he is redirecting Vice President J.D. Vance to focus on domestic corruption.
  • · Trump alleged widespread fiscal misconduct in blue states like Minnesota and Illinois.
• Trump Pulls Vance From Iran Talksdailywire.com · cred 4/10

  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told his vice president to stand down on a deal with Iran on Thursday, instead ordering JD Vance to focus on corruption in blue cities. “I have asked Vice President Vance to focus his complete and total attention on the Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities ...

  • · President Donald Trump told his vice president to stand down on a deal with Iran
  • · JD Vance was emerging as the lead negotiator with Iran