CNBC reports that in a Truth Social post, days after Republicans' midterm losses, President Trump wrote "We don't need a deal with Iran," calling the Strait of Hormuz "their Strait" — just as the Wall Street Journal reported Vice President JD Vance was considering face-to-face talks with a top Iranian security official. Trump also directed Vance to focus on corruption and crime in Democratic cities and states, and stock futures declined after the post about the ninth-month U.S.-Iran war.