U.S. Vice President JD Vance said in an interview with Bill Maher on HBO Saturday that even if a final deal with Iran is not reached, its nuclear program has already been destroyed. 'Iran is a much weaker country today, so in my view the United States wins either way,' Vance said, framing the emerging agreement as a win-win for America regardless of Tehran's compliance.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance reiterated the Trump administration's core argument for the emerging U.S.-Iran nuclear agreement in an interview with Bill Maher on HBO on Saturday evening: the United States has already achieved its strategic objective by destroying Iran's nuclear program, regardless of whether a formal deal is signed. 'If we reach a final agreement, great, and if we don't reach a final agreement, their nuclear program has still been destroyed,' Vance said. 'Iran is today a much weaker country, and therefore in my view the United States wins either way.'
The remarks, reported by a Hebrew-language the source that covers Arab world affairs, mark Vance's latest public defense of the deal amid ongoing negotiations. As The Zioneer has reported, the Vice President has consistently framed the agreement as a strategic success independent of Iranian compliance (June 18: 'win-win' for the U.S.; June 16: 'we win' whether Iran changes course or rejects deal). The interview adds a cable-TV platform — HBO's 'Real Time with Bill Maher' — to the administration's campaign to sell the deal to the American public. No new details on the agreement's terms or timeline were disclosed in the interview.
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