White House denies use of nuclear weapons on Iran after Vance’s ‘got toolkit’ remarks

However, the White House called out against the claims made on social media which said that Vance was allegedly referring “US using nuclear weapons in Iran.” “Literally nothing Vice President Vance said here “implies” this, you absolute buffoons,” the White House said in a post on X.

Literally nothing @VP said here “implies” this, you absolute buffoons https://t.co/7JU3wXMaWX

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 7, 2026

The vice president said that there’ll be more strikes on Tehran if the Iranians “don’t change their course of conduct,” however, he added that he was “hopeful” negotiations would avoid any more deployment of “tools”.

“I hope they make the right response,” says @VP on Iran.

“They’ve got to know, we’ve got tools in our toolkit that we so far haven’t decided to use. @POTUS can decide to use them, and he will decide to use them if the Iranians don’t change their course of conduct.” pic.twitter.com/UUiQ5SdEO5

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 7, 2026

During his visit to Hungary, Vance said that “The United States has largely accomplished its military objectives,” and added that there’ll be a “lot of negotiations between now and then” when the US deadline for Iran to finalise a deal and accept US’ proposal ends at 5:30am Wednesday.

“So, they’ve got to know: we’ve got tools in our toolkit that we so far haven’t decided to use. The President of the United States can decide to use them, and he will decide to use them if the Iranians don’t change their course of conduct,” Vance said at a joint press briefing with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest.

Vance did not elaborate the “tools” he talked about which the Washington has not used in its military operation against Tehran till now.

“What we really want is a world where oil and gas is flowing freely, where people can afford to heat their homes and cool their homes, where people can afford to transport themselves to work,” Vance said.