Trump jokes he’ll blame Vance if Iran deal doesn’t work out

President Trump joked on Wednesday that he will blame Vice President Vance if the preliminary deal with Iran falls through.

“I like that idea, sure,” Trump said when asked by Fox News’s Peter Doocy if his vice president would take the fall if the deal fails.

“If it works out, I’m going to take the credit. If it doesn’t work out, I’m blaming JD. You better be careful, JD. He’s going to turn his plane around and get the hell out of here,” he joked.

Asked why he wasn’t planning to attend the signing of the MOU on Friday, Trump said he might — but added he wasn’t sure it was “the kind of document I should be signing.”

Throughout the press conference, Trump sought to lower expectations over the durability of the preliminary agreement with Iran on Wednesday, and left the door open to striking Iran if the country’s leadership does not honor the agreement.

“If they don’t honor the agreement, or some things aren’t even mentioned in the agreement, it’s a memorandum of understanding, but we have an understanding of certain things without writing it,” Trump told reporters at the G7 press conference in Évian-les-Bains, France.

“If they don’t honor that, we’ll probably go back to bombing them until they honor it,” he continued, adding “it’s amazing what bombs can do.

The remarks echoed comments from Trump earlier on Wednesday in which he threatened to bomb Iran “if they don’t behave.”

U.S. officials said details of the agreement would be publicly released this week, but according to copies of the 14-point agreement obtained by CNN and Bloomberg, the deal says Iran may get access to a $300 billion development fund if it meets commitments to scale back its nuclear program.

Iran says in the deal that it won’t pursue a nuclear weapon, as it has for years, but does not make specific commitments to stop nuclear enrichment or hand over weapons-grade uranium stockpiles.

Trump has tried to distance himself from the $300 billion fund after supporters of the war came out against the reported provision, saying the U.S. does not have plans to invest in Iran. However, Trump has not ruled out the idea of other entities investing in Iran.

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