TRT World  April 7, 2026

The White House has denied that remarks by Vice President JD Vance about military “operations” in Iran had contained any suggestion of a US nuclear strike against the Islamic Republic.

After Vance said US forces have tools they “so far haven’t decided to use” to enforce a dramatic ultimatum from President Donald Trump, the White House said on X: “Literally nothing @VP said here ‘implies’ this, you absolute buffoons.”

The post was in response to one from an account associated with former vice president Kamala Harris that said Vance implied Trump “might use nuclear weapons.”

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