US President Donald Trump says “We don’t need a deal with Iran” on Truth Social

A deal with Iran was not needed by the US, President Donald Trump said in one of several posts on Truth Social on Thursday. He also said in that post that he had asked Vice President JD Vance to concentrate on what he characterised as widespread crime and corruption across Democratic-led cities and states.

Before Trump’s comments, The Wall Street Journal had reported that Vance was considering meeting senior Iranian security official Mohsen Rezaei in person to seek an end to the war. Discussions remained at a preliminary stage, with no date agreed.

Trump sets out his position on Truth Social

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 and States throughout the U.S. The Blue States, such as Minnesota, California, Illinois, and many more, are all poorly run, corrupt disasters. Billions of Dollars is being stolen each and every month. Our Budget could be quickly BALANCED with the correction of this large scale criminal activity. CORRUPTION is in the Democrat Leadership’s blood! We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed. We’ve got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we’ve got their Strait! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT

A gain of more than 1% on the day took West Texas Intermediate (WTI) to around $86.40 a barrel, as oil recovered its earlier losses following Trump’s comments.