Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump “may decide to take further action to end Iranian enrichment” as Israel takes out the radical Islamic regime’s nuclear facilities and military leaders.

In a lengthy post on X, the vice president sought to address “crazy stuff on social media” regarding the fighting in the Middle East and the United States’ involvement. The United States is moving the USS Nimitz carrier strike group toward the Middle East while deploying additional tanker aircraft to the region. Israel continues to conduct airstrikes, targeting Iranian military leaders, missile launchers, and nuclear facilities, while Iran rains down missiles on Israeli cities.

As questions swirl around the United States potentially getting directly involved in the conflict, Vance praised Trump for showing “remarkable restraint in keeping our military’s focus on protecting our troops and protecting our citizens.” Vance added, “He may decide he needs to take further action to end Iranian enrichment. That decision ultimately belongs to the president.”

A poll released on Monday showed that Trump voters overwhelmingly back the United States taking action against Iran in support of Israel. Vance, however, acknowledged that some of the president’s supporters “are right to be worried about foreign entanglement after the last 25 years of idiotic foreign policy.”

“But I believe the president has earned some trust on this issue,” he added. “And having seen this up close and personal, I can assure you that he is only interested in using the American military to accomplish the American people’s goals. Whatever he does, that is his focus.”

In his social media post, Vance also pointed to Trump’s consistency on opposing Iran’s push for uranium enrichment.

“I’ve seen a lot of confusion over the issue of ‘civilian nuclear power’ and ‘uranium enrichment.’ These are distinct issues,” Vance wrote. “Iran could have civilian nuclear power without enrichment, but Iran rejected that. Meanwhile, they’ve enriched uranium far above the level necessary for any civilian purpose. They’ve been found in violation of their non-proliferation obligations by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is hardly a rightwing organization.”

“I have yet to see a single good argument for why Iran needed to enrich uranium well above the threshold for civilian use. I’ve yet to see a single good argument for why Iran was justified in violating its non-proliferation obligations. I’ve yet to see a single good pushback against the IAEA’s findings,” he added.

President Trump, who has backed Israel’s strikes on Iran, said early on Tuesday that he’s not interested in a ceasefire between the two enemies. Trump said he wants “a real end, not a ceasefire.”

“So something that will be permanent?” a reporter asked him.

“Yeah, or giving up entirely. That’s okay too,” Trump added. “A complete give-up. That’s possible.”

President Donald Trump said early Tuesday morning that he wants “a real end” to the conflict between Israel and Iran, adding that a mere ceasefire isn’t enough.

Trump was asked about the ongoing fight in the Middle East on Air Force One as he returned to Washington, D.C., from the G7 Conference in Canada. Trump left the conference early on Monday over developments in the conflict as Israel continued to defend its citizens from Iranian missile barrages.

“What specifically is better than a ceasefire? What are you looking for here?” a reporter asked Trump.

“A real end, not a ceasefire,” the president replied. “An end.”

“So something that will be permanent?”

“Yeah, or giving up entirely. That’s okay too,” Trump added. “A complete give-up. That’s possible.”

REPORTER: "What are you looking for here?"@POTUS: "An end. A real end. Not a ceasefire — an end." pic.twitter.com/EESQ7zzhw1

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 17, 2025

The president continued to urge Iran to seek out a deal on Monday and told people to “immediately evacuate Tehran!”

“Iran should have signed the ‘deal’ I told them to sign,” said Trump on Truth Social. “What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”

Trump suggested earlier on Monday that Iran had reached out to negotiate an end to the conflict. Trump had imposed a 60-day deadline for Iran to negotiate a nuclear agreement with the United States that had elapsed before Israel launched its attack last week.

“They’d like to talk, but they should have done that before,” the president told reporters at the G7 summit. “I had 60 days, and they had 60 days. On the 61st day, I said, ‘We don’t have a deal.’ They have to make a deal, and it’s painful for both parties. But I’d say Iran is not winning this war, and they should talk, and they should talk immediately, before it’s too late.”

Israel continues to exert air dominance over Iran, targeting nuclear facilities, military leaders, and Iranian state media. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that the conflict would end if Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei were killed.

“We’ve had half a century of conflict spread by this regime that terrorizes everyone in the Middle East; has bombed the Aramco oil fields in Saudi Arabia; is spreading terrorism and subversion and sabotage everywhere,” Netanyahu said in an interview with ABC News. “The ‘forever war’ is what Iran wants, and they’re bringing us to the brink of nuclear war. In fact, what Israel is doing is preventing this, bringing an end to this aggression, and we can only do so by standing up to the forces of evil.”