ED MORRISSEY: Whoa: Trump Boots Vance From Iran War. “This sends an emphatic signal to our partners in the Persian Gulf, and to Democrats here in the U.S. Trump does not want a quick exit from the Hormuz crisis. He’s already paid the domestic political risk. Trump can now keep the blockade/embargo on for the next several months and let the IRGC slowly strangle in it. Diplomacy on the war now passes back to Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth, who have apparently finally prevailed over Vance in the administration’s internal debates. That amplifies Rubio’s positioning for 2028 if he chooses to run, especially if the outcome of the war gives Trump and the U.S. what it really wants – a regime collapse in Tehran and the larger collapse of the terror networks in the Middle East. Vance had already hinted that he might want to take some time off after this term to be more present with his young family. Trump may have made that choice for Vance.”