{"id":2644651,"date":"2026-08-13T19:36:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T23:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-says-goal-no-1-of-iran-war-is-to-lower-gas-prices\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T19:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T23:41:14","slug":"vance-says-goal-no-1-of-iran-war-is-to-lower-gas-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-says-goal-no-1-of-iran-war-is-to-lower-gas-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance says &#8216;goal No. 1&#8217; of Iran war is to lower gas prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-says-goal-no-1-of-iran-war-is-to-lower-gas-prices%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2644651&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President JD Vance stated that President Donald Trump&#8217;s primary focus regarding the Iran conflict is to lower oil and gas prices, rather than solely preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons. In an interview, vance emphasized that the ultimate goal is to ensure energy price stability for Americans while preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear arsenal. He highlighted that Iran often makes commitments it does not honour and that the U.S. is strategically using various tools to achieve these objectives.Vance expressed confidence that both goals-stable energy prices and preventing nuclear proliferation-are being managed effectively, though acknowledged Iran&#8217;s unpredictable nature. He envisions the conflict ending with the U.S. in a stronger position, with stabilized oil markets and Iran without nuclear weapons.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4678104\/trump-jd-vance-presidential-endorsement-not-set-in-stone\/\">JD Vance<\/a> said Thursday that President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4682782\/trump-eyeing-federal-action-block-mamdani-pied-a-terre-tax\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s immediate priority regarding the war with Iran is to lower oil and gas prices, ahead of preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">vice president<\/a> was pressed in an interview with Fox News\u2019s Will Cain to address \u201cfrustration\u201d with the \u201cseesaw nature\u201d of the conflict, given the lack of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4672936\/trump-iran-last-chance-decapitation\/\">negotiating<\/a> progress and repeated stoppages of commerce flowing through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4686941\/jd-vance-goal-no-1-iran-war-lower-gas-prices\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vance says \u2018goal No. 1\u2019 of Iran war is to lower gas prices<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4686318\/leavitt-ran-podium-like-a-navy-seal-joe-concha\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Leavitt ran the podium \u2018like a Navy SEAL\u2019: Joe Concha<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4685981\/white-house-crackdown-tariff-evasion-transshipping-loophole\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>White House identifies countries evading billions in tariffs through transshipping<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow does this end? What does this look like when, and if, it\u2019s over with Iran?\u201d Cain asked <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4678407\/trump-way-too-early-endorse-jd-vance-2028\/\">Vance<\/a> point-blank.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe thing I can say with confidence is I think this ends with the United States in a stronger position, with Iran not having a nuclear weapon, and with the Strait of Hormuz returning to a place where oil and gas prices are stable for the American people,\u201d he responded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance blamed the Iranians for making commitments \u201cthat they don\u2019t honor\u201d but conceded that the administration\u2019s jumps in \u201cfocus\u201d between energy prices, airstrikes, and Iran\u2019s nuclear capabilities contribute to public sentiment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4681175\/trump-demands-compensation-from-tehran-americans-killed-iranian-roadside-bombs\/\"><strong>TRUMP DEMANDS \u2018COMPENSATION\u2019 FROM TEHRAN FOR AMERICANS KILLED BY IRANIAN \u2018ROADSIDE BOMBS\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat I think is really going on from the inside is that we\u2019re using those tools very selectively, very strategically to get the outcome that the president of the United States needs to get for the benefit of the American people,\u201d Vance said. \u201cIt really is twofold. It\u2019s ensuring that the Gulf countries continue to send oil and gas to the world economy, so that we have energy price stability. That\u2019s obviously important for the American people. I know that oil is down today, and it\u2019s way down from the highs in the early days of the conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s goal No. 1: keep oil and gas cheap for Americans all over our country. And then, obviously, goal No. 2 is ensure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. I feel confident we\u2019re accomplishing both of those goals, but it\u2019s inherently an unpredictable thing because the Iranians themselves are unpredictable, and they sometimes don\u2019t honor the commitments they\u2019ve made to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance: Trump\u2019s top Iran goal is lowering oil prices first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2644652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26217554838330.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32544,6249,3823,15469,50434],"class_list":["post-2644651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-gas-prices","tag-goal","tag-iran","tag-vance","tag-war-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26217554838330.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2644651"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644656,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644651\/revisions\/2644656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2644652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2644651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2644651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}