Trump news at a glance: America wins ‘either way’, Vance claims amid shaky ceasefire with Iran

‘If we don’t make the final deal, their nuclear program is still destroyed,’ JD Vance told Bill Maher. ‘They’re still much weaker as a country, so my attitude is America wins either way.’ Photograph: Yuri Gripas/Pool/Yuri Gripas - Pool/CNP/Shutterstock

Hours before fresh military strikes were exchanged in the strait of Hormuz, vice-president JD Vance continued to reiterate the administration’s triumphant line on the war with Iran.

“If we make the final deal, then great,” the US vice-president told HBO’s Bill Maher.