Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Wednesday brushed aside President Donald Trump‘s declaration that the “financial situation” of Americans was not a motivation for ending the Iran war.
Both the vice president and House speaker faced questions about the president’s comment during two separate press events.
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“I don’t know the context in which he made that comment, but I can tell you the president thinks about American financial situations,” Johnson told reporters during his Wednesday press conference on Capitol Hill. “I talk to him, on average, twice a day, sometimes three or four times a day, and we talk about it constantly.”
Johnson added that Trump is “laser focused” on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which he claimed “will alleviate a lot of pressure with gas prices and other things in the economy.”
Vance was also forced to clarify Trump’s comments during his own Wednesday press conference,
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