Though much of the recent media focus has been on Kent and Tulsi Gabbard, the onetime isolationist turned hawkish director of national intelligence, it is Vance who will ultimately have to wrangle with the political fallout of Trump's decision to attack Iran. Assuming Trump does not illegally seek a third term, all early polling - as well as history and conventional wisdom - suggests it will be Vance accepting the nomination two and a half years from now.
When you're thinking about a major decision like this, the way the President makes these decisions is he talks to a lot of people. Obviously, we're thinking of various ins and outs, various options—what this looks like, how to accomplish our goals, what our goals should be. And I think it's important for the President of the United States to be able to have that conversation with his team without his team running their mouths to the American media.
What a sad commentary on the Democratic Party, that the idea the American government should stand for American citizens, not illegal aliens—that shouldn't be controversial, but apparently it was to the Democrats.
Today, the Supreme Court decided that Congress, despite giving the president the ability to regulate imports, didn't actually mean it. This is lawlessness from the Court, plain and simple. And its only effect will be to make it harder for the president to protect American industries and supply chain resiliency. President Trump has a wide range of other tariff powers and he will use them to defend American workers and advance this administration's trade priorities.
I actually saw this terrible story while I was coming to Minneapolis, Vance began, adding: We just left Toledo, Ohio this morning for an economic messaging event. And I see this story, and I'm a father of a five-year-old, actually, a five-year-old little boy, and think to myself, Oh my God, this is terrible. How did we arrest a five-year-old?
Loomer wrote on X, adding: Trump doesn't like when the GOP focuses on abortion. How many times does he have to say this? Trump gets it. The GOP will blow the midterms. Vance apparently felt compelled to defend his decision to speak at the anti-abortion march, saying, The president literally sent a video to the March for Life today and encouraged me to accept their invitation, which I was happy to do.
The killing of 37-year-old mother of three Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis last Wednesday has shocked the world and become a political nightmare for the Trump administration. The proper response to this horrific killing would be an independent and transparent investigation. Instead, the Trump administration has chosen the path of stonewalling, cover-up, and demonizing the victim-including by making sexist and homophobic attacks against Good.
No one is objecting to you standing outside of a church and protesting, no one is saying you can't protest the Trump administration's immigration policies or frankly our policies on anything else, Vance said. What you cannot do is go into somebody's house of worship and prevent them from exercising their First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion.