Washington DC - President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was directing Vice President JD Vance to focus completely on domestic anti-fraud efforts and not on negotiations to end the war with Iran.

"I have asked Vice President Vance to focus his complete and total attention on the Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities and States throughout the US," Trump declared in a bizarre, rambling Truth Social post on Thursday.

"The Blue States, such as Minnesota, California, Illinois, and many more, are all poorly run, corrupt disasters," he continued. "Billions of Dollars is being stolen each and every month. Our Budget could be quickly BALANCED with the correction of this large scale criminal activity. CORRUPTION is in the Democrat Leadership's blood!"

Trump is facing numerous accusations of enriching himself and his family while in office, particularly via dubious cryptocurrency schemes and overseas deals.

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His comments came shortly after the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Vance was mulling face-to-face talks with a top Iranian security official.

The Journal's report suggested Trump had told aides and counterparts that he was open to Vance reopening talks with Tehran, and that the president had empowered Vance to negotiate. Such an in-person meeting would mark an unusual move.

Trump's post on Thursday seemingly eliminated the possibility of such talks taking place, the president instead insisting his deputy was better suited to dealing with supposed Democratic corruption.

His comments fly in the face of Iran's position in the conflict, which has seen oil transit through the Hormuz Strait blockaded and the global economy sent into chaos.

"We don’t need a deal with Iran," he declared. "Those days have long since passed. We've got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we've got their Strait!"