The president has been circumspect about whom he would support as the 2028 Republican nominee. He appears to relish the guessing game of who would carry on his movement and has even floated a third term, which the Constitution bars.
Beyond the war criticism, he offered a political roadmap that could preview a possible presidential campaign. The list encapsulated much of his worldview since he burst onto the national scene and read like the core of a future stump speech.
The assessment marked one of the sharpest breaks by a sitting vice president with a president on a signature foreign policy issue in recent memory.
Asked about Vance’s post blaming the war, Trump told reporters: “I think it was — I think it was fine.”.
He made clear he viewed the decision to go to war with Iran as a political mistake.
Vance’s view of the Iran war has been an open secret in Washington.
Vance did not mention Trump by name. He attributed much of his election analysis to unnamed pollsters.