"US Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday it was a 'good thing' for officials to resign if they cannot support administration decisions, following the departure of Joe Kent, former head of the National Counterterrorism Centre, over Washington's intervention in Iran. "When the president of the United States makes a decision, it's your job to help make that decision as effective and successful as possible [...] If you are on the team and you can't help implement the decisions of his administration he has the right to make those decisions, then it's a good thing for you to resign," he stressed, speaking in Auburn Hills, Michigan, seeking to reassure the public over unity within the administration. "We don't want the Iranians to have a nuclear weapon. The President's been clear about this, and that's what led to the President's decision about three weeks ago," he continued. "Nobody likes war, right? And I guarantee the president of the United States is not interested in getting us in the kind of long-term quagmires that we've seen in years past." The vice president also sought to reassure Americans over rising fuel prices, describing the recent increase as a “temporary blip” driven by tensions in the Middle East. ​​ "Frankly they're not even as high as they were during certain parts of the Biden administration because of what's going on in the Middle East, it's not going to last forever," said Vance. On relations with Canada, Vance described the country as an important ally but criticised it over defence spending and trade, saying the United States had carried too much of the burden. "The President of the United States said to the Canadians, number one, you guys got to take your own security more seriously. You're always going to be an ally, but why don't you have a little bit more self-sufficiency?" he concluded. The US and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28. Tehran responded with strikes on Israel and US assets in the region. The conflict soon widened to Israel and Hezbollah trading strikes across the border with Lebanon too. According to the most recent figures, the Iranian side has reported over 1,400 dead, with 13 deaths of military personnel admitted by the US side."