{"id":2973,"date":"2026-06-26T05:39:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T05:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2973"},"modified":"2026-06-26T05:39:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T05:39:01","slug":"vance-rubio-strike-different-tone-on-iran-and-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2973","title":{"rendered":"Vance, Rubio strike different tone on Iran and Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>MANAMA, June 26 (Reuters) &#8211; President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration has pushed hard to present a united front on the Iran war, but statements by his vice president and secretary of state have at times diverged over the past week, especially on the subject of Israel.<\/div><div>Vice \u200bPresident JD Vance, speaking at the White House last week, lashed out against Israeli critics of the preliminary U.S.-Iran deal. He suggested that Israeli bombings of civilian \u200cinfrastructure in Beirut \u2014 intended to weaken Hezbollah, which has been attacking Israel \u2014 were undermining U.S.-led peace efforts.<\/div><div>Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who traveled through the Gulf this week, defended Israel&#8217;s military campaign in Lebanon, repeatedly describing its actions as a justified response to Hezbollah attacks. Pressed on Vance&#8217;s criticism, Rubio deflected before recounting an assault by the Lebanon-based militia on an Israeli checkpoint earlier in the week.<\/div><div>The contrast suggests that, even as the administration has emphasized unity, \u200bdiffering worldviews are at times rising to the surface \u2014 a challenge for a White House whose political coalition is deeply divided on foreign policy matters. It also offers an \u200bearly glimpse of the Republican Party\u2019s future, with Rubio and Vance both seen as potential 2028 presidential contenders.<\/div><div>Both Vance and Rubio were dispatched on high-profile \u2060trips abroad over the past week to defend the preliminary peace accord inked between Washington and Tehran on June 17.<\/div><div>Vance traveled to Switzerland for a round of talks with Iranian officials. Speaking \u200bto reporters on Sunday, he struck a decidedly optimistic tone on the state of talks with Iran. He has also said repeatedly in recent weeks that Gulf states could fund Iran&#8217;s reconstruction.<\/div><div>He has also \u200bfrequently mentioned the possibility of a new, more cooperative relationship between Iran and the U.S., revealing in an interview released on Thursday that the U.S. had invited an Iranian intelligence official to serve as a deconfliction liaison with the Pentagon in Qatar.<\/div><div>Rubio, meanwhile, visited the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain to reassure allies \u2014 some of whom are concerned that the interim U.S.-Iran accord is too generous to Tehran \u2014 that their interests will be protected.<\/div><div>On \u200bTuesday, Rubio said he would not ask Gulf allies during his trip to fund Iran&#8217;s reconstruction, saying such a possibility was &#8220;far down the road.&#8221; During a meeting with regional officials on Thursday, he emphasized \u200bthat any deal has to be ironclad as it relates to U.S. interests and those of its allies.<\/div><div>&#8220;While we want a deal, we don&#8217;t want a deal at any price,&#8221; he said.<\/div><h2>&#8216;LOCKSTEP BEHIND PRESIDENT TRUMP&#8217;<\/h2><div>The White \u200cHouse vigorously \u2060denied any divergence between the two officials.<\/div><div>&#8220;There is one camp \u2013 President Trump&#8217;s camp \u2013 and the entire administration is fully behind the President&#8217;s efforts to ensure Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon,&#8221; said White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly.<\/div><div>State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott called the idea that there were any foreign policy divisions between Rubio and Vance a &#8220;tired and fake&#8221; narrative, saying, &#8220;The entire administration is 100% in lockstep behind President Trump.&#8221;<\/div><div>A separate State Department spokesperson further argued there was no divergence between the two officials on Lebanon, saying the administration&#8217;s goal was to restore Lebanese government sovereignty over its entire territory.<\/div><div>Some analysts \u200band commentators are unconvinced.<\/div><div>Michael Rubin, a senior fellow \u200bat the American Enterprise Institute think tank, \u2060said Rubio and Vance held clearly different views. &#8220;At their core they represent different strains,&#8221; he said.<\/div><div>The two officials come from radically different foreign policy backgrounds. Before taking office last year, Vance frequently criticized foreign wars as a waste of lives and money. Rubio made a name for himself as a &#8220;hawk&#8221; \u200bin the Senate, where he pushed for a more confrontational stance toward Iran, Russia and Cuba.<\/div><div>Both men are seen as potential successors to Trump \u200band are the product \u2060of powerful, competing constituencies within the Republican Party.<\/div><div>On one side are &#8220;neoconservatives&#8221; whose adherents are more likely to advocate for foreign intervention. On the other are Republican voters and policy professionals who argue that many recent foreign wars were costly and reckless.<\/div><div>Only 52% of Republicans believe the current conflict has put the U.S. in a stronger position, according to a Reuters\/Ipsos poll that closed Monday, suggesting a party divided between those camps.<\/div><div>Both Rubio \u2060and Vance \u200bhave nevertheless supported all of Trump&#8217;s major foreign policy decisions, including his capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, his attack on Iran \u200bin February and his subsequent decision to pursue peace. Both have even used similar talking points in recent weeks, saying they will judge Tehran&#8217;s actions, not words, as negotiations unfold.<\/div><div>Asked by a reporter on Thursday to what degree his views \u200bon Iran differed from those of Vance, Rubio said they both took their lead from Trump.<\/div><div>&#8220;Everyone here is aligned behind the president,&#8221; he said.<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Gram Slattery\" class=\"wp-image-10\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/99ccaa348ca497731907b2f304d7bc45.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Gram Slattery<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Instagram<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Linkedin<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2971\">Australia considers tougher enforcement of social media ban for teens<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2968\">Samsung readies $648 billion bet, report says, as AI boom reshapes South Korea<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2966\">Oil edges lower amid resumption of strait shipments even as vessel hit near Oman<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration has pushed hard to present a united front on the Iran war, but statements by his vice president and secretary of state have at times diverged over the past week, especially on the subject of Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-2973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-united-states"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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