Trump Appears to Dismiss Talks Between JD Vance and Top Iran Officials: ‘We Don’t Need a Deal’

President Donald Trump appeared to dismiss the possibility of Vice President JD Vance engaging in talks with top Iranian officials, saying a deal with Tehran is not needed.

"Those days have long since passed. We've got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we've got their Strait!" Trump said in a social media post on Thursday.

In the publication, Trump said he tasked Vance with focusing 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!" Trump added.

He did not elaborate on the claim, but the public direction follows a report from The Wall Street Journal claiming that Vance was considering face-to-face talks with top Iranian commander Mohsen Rezaei. Trump, the report added, was open to having Vance restart talks and empowered him to negotiate.

Low-intensity hostilities continue in the meantime. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Thursday that two oil supertankers carrying more than 4 million barrels of crude were left burning in the Strait of Hormuz after explosions disabled the vessels.

The ships were traveling through what Tehran described as an unauthorized southern passage Wednesday night and had ignored repeated warnings from Iranian maritime authorities, according to Iran International, which cited a statement from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.

The IRGC did not identify the tankers, their operators or flag states. Their condition, the status of their crews and the reported cargo volumes have not been independently confirmed.

Iranian state media subsequently reported that the vessels had struck naval mines and broadcast footage it said showed the explosions, according to Reuters. Independent maritime authorities have not established that mines caused the reported incidents.

The Revolutionary Guards also warned that ships switching off their navigation systems and cooperating with U.S. military forces while using routes Iran considers unauthorized could face similar consequences.

The warning follows several Iranian claims of tanker attacks in recent days, including separate incidents reported on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tehran has repeatedly accused vessels of disregarding its maritime restrictions, although the circumstances of individual incidents have not always been independently established.

Britain's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) recorded a separate report involving a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday.

The agency classified the report as suspicious activity and said the condition of the crew, damage to the ship and possible environmental impact were unknown. It advised vessels to exercise caution while authorities investigated.