Vice President JD Vance has sat down for his first interview since President Trump greenlit an attack on three Iranian nuclear facilities.

In his interview with NBC News, Vance assured the American people that the United States was not in a war with Iran.

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JD Vance: “We’re not at war with Iran, we’re at war with Iran’s nuclear program.”

This might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.
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Vance later noted whether the United States would put boots on the ground in Iran.

Here’s what The New York Post reported:

Vice President JD Vance on Sunday insisted the US has no interest in putting boots on the ground in Iran — while admitting the administration is bracing for potential terror attacks from sleeper cells in America.

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“We’re not at war with Iran. We’re at war with Iran’s nuclear program,” Vance told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

“We have no interest in a protracted conflict. We have no interest in boots on the ground,” he said. “We didn’t blow up diplomacy.

“We only took this action when it was clear, as the president said, that the Iranians were tapping us along,” the vice president said of the US strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities Saturday.

“The Iranians are clearly not very good at war. Perhaps they should follow President Trump’s lead and give peace a chance if they’re serious about it. I guarantee you, the president of the United States is,” Vance said.

The vice president insisted Iran’s network of terrorist proxies in the region is already washed up, as is its nuclear program, though comprehensive damage assessments haven’t been finished.

Vance also warned the Iranians:

.@VP: “If the Iranians attack us, they’re going to be met with overwhelming force … We did not attack the nation of Iran. We did not attack any civilian targets. We didn’t even attack military targets outside of the three nuclear weapons facilities.” pic.twitter.com/RU7rLFhm1h

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In the interview, Vance stated that this U.S. intervention will be different than the ones in the past:

Vice President JD Vance: “I empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern, but the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents” pic.twitter.com/G2gS62CAno

— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) June 22, 2025

NBC News reported Vance was not entirely confident whether the nuclear sites were 100% destroyed:

“Do you have 100% confidence that Iran’s nuclear sites were totally destroyed?” Welker asked.

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“I’m not going to get into sensitive intelligence about what we’ve seen on the ground there in Iran, but we’ve seen a lot, and I feel very confident that we’ve substantially delayed their development of a nuclear weapon, and that was the goal of this attack,” Vance said.

He separately said during the interview that the U.S. “destroyed the Iranian nuclear program,” adding, “I think we set that program back substantially.”

When pressed in a separate interview on ABC News’ “This Week” over whether the Fordo facility was damaged or destroyed, Vance declined to draw a distinction.

“Severely damaged versus obliterated — I’m not exactly sure what the difference is,” Vance said. “What we know is we set their nuclear program back substantially.”

Trump had said Saturday night that the facilities were “completely and totally obliterated,” but an Iranian parliament member said on Sunday that Fordo was not seriously damaged in the strike. NBC News cannot independently verify either claim.

“Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated,” Trump said in his Saturday-night address to the nation. “Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace.”

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