"I note that the price of oil is falling today and that it has fallen significantly since the peaks at the beginning of the conflict," Vance said in an interview with Fox News.
That's goal number one: keeping oil and gas cheap for Americans across our country.
Second in the US's order of priorities in the war is ensuring that Iran never acquires nuclear weapons, Vance claims.
President Donald Trump has given various reasons why he, together with Israel, started the war against Iran in February that quickly spread across the Middle East and sent oil and gas prices soaring.
He has often referred specifically to the nuclear weapons issue, despite claiming that Iran's nuclear energy program has already been "wiped out" in previous attacks in 2025.
