The U.S. Vice President, JD Vance:
It is clear that Epstein had connections with the highest levels of U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies.
VP Vance tells Joe Rogan people “within Israel’s system” are trying to prolong the war “not toward any objective, but just indefinitely,” and cites a Time magazine article he says details an alleged influence campaign aimed at derailing U.S...
VP Vance tells Joe Rogan people “within Israel’s system” are trying to prolong the war “not toward any objective, but just indefinitely,” and cites a Time magazine article he says details an alleged influence campaign aimed at derailing U.S. negotiations with Iran.
“There are some people within their system (Israel), we know beyond a shadow of a doubt, who are manipulating and trying to change American public opinion to keep the war going on indefinitely. Not toward any objective, but just indefinitely.”
“But I definitely think you have seen this very discreet, extremely well funded campaign to try to derail the negotiation and try to derail the deal.”
“It’s social media posts. It’s, you know, they’re leaking to reporters. They are attacking, obsessively saying that we should not be negotiating with Iran, that we should just keep the military campaign going indefinitely.”
“Go to hell. I’m going to do what I have to do for the American people. I represent Americans first.”
JD Vance on Iran:
If the Iranian people want to rise up and change their government, that's up to them.
But we're not going to send 150,000 ground troops in order to accomplish a change in a regime unless the people on the ground themsel...
JD Vance on Iran:
If the Iranian people want to rise up and change their government, that's up to them.
But we're not going to send 150,000 ground troops in order to accomplish a change in a regime unless the people on the ground themselves want to accomplish that outcome.
Now, we're not going to send the troops in regardless, but to propose sending in the troops, you're basically saying that the U.S. military should do the job for the Iranian people.
We're not in that business anymore. We're just not.
VP Vance: “Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapon; we have the free flow of oil and gas."
VP Vance: "Some people in the Israeli government want war indefinitely."
VP Vance told Joe Rogan that Israel is more effective than most at influencing the United States.
US VP Vance: We're not going to send ground troops for regime change.
Trump chaired a Situation Room meeting Tuesday on a "massive offensive" against Iran, Axios reports. The discussion focused on "devastating strikes on strategic targets," far wider in scope than the current strikes around the Strait of Hormuz. JD Vance, Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth were among those present.
Trump: Iran "better make a deal" or they are "not going to have anything left."
JD Vance:
I was traveling, actually Elon Musk was in my motorcade at one point.
I think we were in Florida, maybe during the transition. They had completely shut down traffic from the airport to, I think, Mar-a-Lago.
And Elon's like, "You know, I can buy a lot, but I can't buy that."
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JD Vance: Any attempt to close the Strait of Hormuz will trigger a U.S. military response. Iran must comply with the deal or face continued strikes. Military action will persist until Iran opens the lane and stops attacking vessels.
VP Vance on Iran: "The basic deal that we cut was 'we'll lift our blockade if you stop shooting at chips, but if you shoot at ships, we are going to punch back, and we're going to punch back harder than ever before.'"
VP JD Vance paused to check his phone, just in case it was President Trump.
MOU lasted 20 days.
VP Vance, will probably be put to blame 🤣
Asked about Vice President Vance's remark that Israel is the United States' "only ally," Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter said:
“I have attended dozens of meetings with the VP, and despite all sorts of popular perceptions, I ...
Asked about Vice President Vance's remark that Israel is the United States' "only ally," Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter said:
“I have attended dozens of meetings with the VP, and despite all sorts of popular perceptions, I have not detected even a hint of hostility towards Israel or towards the PM. If I were writing this speech, I might have worded some of the things a little differently. I just don't think it's true. I mean, we just received an invitation from India. ...Our relationship with the UAE has never been stronger. We have a wonderful relationship with a small Shiite country called Azerbaijan, with which we cooperate in oil exploration, along with trade, security cooperation and tourism. We just recognized the Armenian Genocide. Our relationship with Armenia today is very, very good..."
Active-duty USAF Maj. Jason Watson arrested on the Capitol steps after calling in uniform for Trump and Vance to be impeached and removed.
Vice president JD Vance:
“So I think what the president has told us to do is use this MOU to sort of refill the world’s oil economy, to refill some stocks, and then to see where the hand is.”
Iran's Speaker of Parliament, Ghalibaf:
There are disagreements even within the United States.
You can see that Marco Rubio is pursuing one approach, while JD Vance is pursuing another.
JD Vance on Iran:
Trump is willing to drop bombs, but only if it serves an objective.
JD Vance on Iran:
One of the things I find just fascinating and frustrating about the Iranians is they'll say, "No, no, there aren't peace talks ongoing," but there are technical talks between the United States and Iran about the peace deal.
It's a Persian negotiating tactic and a Persian rhetorical device that I don't understand.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance:
"Iran signed a ceasefire agreement. We have honored it. If they have disagreements about how the MOU is being applied, they can pick up the phone.
But violence will be met with violence."
Vice President Vance says IRGC and U.S. military representatives will be posted in Doha to settle disputes between the two countries.
Vance: "The Iranians were like, 'Fine, we'll send somebody from the IRGC to go hang out in Doha with somebody from CENTCOM,' and that's how we're going to settle a lot of these disputes."
JD Vance: The Emiratis are by far the most hawkish, and the most pro-Israel country in the GCC, and the UAE are having conversations with the Iranians, something that has never happened before, including with the IRGC.
JD Vance: The Emiratis are by far the most hawkish, and the most pro-Israel country in the GCC, and the UEA are having conversations with the Iranians, something that has never happened before, including with the IRGC.
JD Vance on Turkey’s F-35 jets:
Pete and the entire team are reviewing this right now, because there are certain things that we have to certify have happened - that have happened in order to comply with American law. The president has aske...
JD Vance on Turkey’s F-35 jets:
Pete and the entire team are reviewing this right now, because there are certain things that we have to certify have happened - that have happened in order to comply with American law. The president has asked us to do that.
We're running the traps and confirming that's happened.
This is really a congressional thing, and ensuring that Türkiye has complied with American law so they can get the F-35s. We will announce that when we have-
Trump:
Erdogan's a man who, he's a little controversial, but I am too, uh. But I know him. I think he's a very good person. He's helped us a lot.
