Axios reported that President Trump on Thursday directed Vice President JD Vance to turn his "complete and total attention" toward alleged corruption in Democrat-run cities and states. Axios reported that Trump also contended the United States does not need a deal with Iran.
Axios further reported that Vance had concluded the Iran war drove Republicans' results in the midterm elections, and that Trump is reorienting the vice president's focus and directing him to go after alleged corruption instead.
The Hill reported that Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said he directed Vance to focus solely on "Massive Corruption and Crime" in Democrat-led cities and states.
The Hill also reported that Trump asserted the Iran war is not something those cities and states need to deal with.
Axios and The Hill describe Trump's remarks on Iran in different terms, and neither summary identifies specific cases of alleged corruption. The reports reviewed for this story were summaries, and the full texts of the post and the remarks were not available, so the complete context of Trump's statements is not established here.
Sources: Axios: Trump orders Vance to focus on "corruption" in Democrat-run areas, not Iran; The Hill: Trump: Vance to focus solely on ‘Massive Corruption and Crime’ in Democrat-led cities, states.