Vice President J.D. Vance
Appearances
The Daily
Trump 2.0: The Art of the Deal
But you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty.
The Headlines
Inside Trump’s Deportation Push, and the U.S. Holds Talks With Hamas
It turns out we didn't need new laws. We didn't need fancy legislation. We just needed a new president of the United States.
The Headlines
Inside Trump’s Deportation Push, and the U.S. Holds Talks With Hamas
So let me say a few things about that. So first of all, Rome wasn't built in a day.
The Headlines
Inside Trump’s Deportation Push, and the U.S. Holds Talks With Hamas
I guarantee it is a part of the president's priorities. We'll keep on working on it. We've made a lot of progress, but we're going to keep on working on it over the remainder of the president's term.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Arsonist Arrested for Targeting PA Gov, Bukele's WH Visit, Blue Origin's Quick Trip: AM Update 4/15
How can I return him to the United States? If I could, I'd smuggle him into the United States. Of course, I'm not going to do it. It's like, I mean, the question is preposterous. How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? I don't have the power to return him to the United States. I mean, we're not very fond of releasing terrorists into our country.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Rep. Green Facing Censure, Vance Teases Finishing the Wall: AM Update for 3/6
I think the president's hope is that by the end of the term, we build the entire border wall.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Rep. Green Facing Censure, Vance Teases Finishing the Wall: AM Update for 3/6
I think the president's hope is that by the end of the term, we build the entire border wall. And of course, that's the physical structure of the border wall itself. But we even heard today there are so many good technological tools. We're using artificial intelligence to make us better at the job of border enforcement.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Rep. Green Facing Censure, Vance Teases Finishing the Wall: AM Update for 3/6
One of the most important parts of the president's reconciliation priorities is, of course, tax reform on the one hand, and on the other hand, making sure that we get proper resources so that we can pay for the flights and we can pay for the detention centers and we can pay for all the components necessary to ensure that we're re-migrating illegal immigrants back to their country of origin.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump's Newsy First Cabinet Meeting, Afghanistan Withdrawal Accountability: AM Update for 2/27
Every single time the president engages in diplomacy, you guys preemptively accuse him of conceding to Russia. He hasn't conceded anything to anyone. He's doing the job of a diplomat. And he is, of course, the diplomat in chief as the president of the United States.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
And one story I heard, Megan, just a couple of days ago from my aunt,
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
is you know we were in a car and i was so young i just forgotten this story and we were driving to eastern kentucky and a motorcyclist pulls up and he's kind of swerving and he's being aggressive and he's just being really ridiculous and kind of scaring us in the car and i pointed it out my aunt points it out she's driving and mamaw reaches underneath her seat pulls out a 44 magnum and taps it on the window and this guy sort of almost swerves and crashes his motorcycle that was the end
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
of the motorcycle harassment. And that's just the type of person Mamaw was. She was just this incredibly strong person. And yeah, Usha's more sophisticated in the ways of the world, but I think what sort of unites them is one, they're very tough. Two, they're incredibly protective of their family. Three, they're very smart, right? Mamaw wasn't well-educated, but she was a very brilliant person.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
And, you know, the only downside I'll say of Usha is I asked the convention planners, I said, what about having my wife introduce me before my speech? I'm not making that mistake ever again, Megan, because she did such a good job and I was so proud of her, but I'm not going to have to follow that act ever again, right? I'm going to make Usha introduce President Trump. She really was.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
Yeah. And she's just herself. And, you know, what I was worried about having never been in the spotlight is I just want you, honey, to be, I said this to Usha, I just want you to be who you are because I love you. The world's going to fall in love with you. And she just went out there. She didn't accept the speechwriter's speech. She wrote her own speech, said exactly what she wanted to say.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
And she did such a good job with it. And I just, you know, as a guy who's very in love with his wife, I was very, very proud of her, but not following that speech again, Megan.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
Well, the funny thing, Megan, is we're in the hotel room in Milwaukee. We had just arrived. He apparently called and I didn't see the call. I guess it went straight to voicemail or something. So I call him back and he answers the phone. He says, you know, JD, you missed a very important phone call. Maybe I'll have to give this to somebody else. So my heart kind of stops, right?
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
And I tense up really, really powerfully. But the funniest thing, Megan, is because we're in the hotel room with my seven-year-old kid, he's talking about his Pokemon cards, right? So I'm trying to have this conversation with the president of the United States offering me the vice presidential nod. And in the background, my seven-year-old's talking about Pikachu.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
I'm like, God, for the love of God, son, for 30 seconds, just let me have this conversation. And it's funny, the president hears him and says, put him on the phone. and then asks my seven-year-old, what do you think about this statement I'm about to put out nominating your dad for vice president? And my son listens to it and says, oh, that sounds nice. And it's just such a surreal moment.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
My wife actually got a photo of me on the phone with the president. What an honor, right? I mean, that's the thing that I try to just remind myself of every single day is, I didn't come from anything material, right? I did not have the advantages of a lot of people in politics, but I had an incredibly loving family. And I just feel so grateful to have this opportunity.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
And as I said to the convention, Megan, that the most important thing that I think I can bring to the ticket is to never forget where I came from, to never forget the perspective of people who are struggling. Like, you know, it's people like Mamaw. who really suffer when grocery prices go up as much as they have under the Harris administration.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
It's people like mom who struggled with addiction, but she's been clean for 10 years now, who really, really struggle when you have this poisonous fentanyl coming across our southern border. So I just want to remember where I came from, serve the people who made me who I am. And I think if I do that, I'll be a fine vice president and the country will be better for it. But that's my goal.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
Well, I think it is the through line of my life, Megan, that there have been strong women who have made it possible for me to have a good life.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
Well, obviously a lot of it goes back to 40 or 50 years ago when the two groups sort of diverged because of certain policies that were supported.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
A big part of it is just that because of the way that black Americans have been discriminated against legally, I think black Americans have tended to focus on a politics of race and which party is going to provide the most racial uplift or tear down the most legal barriers. Whereas white Americans have typically voted, their pocketbooks have voted a politics of class.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
And so they've tended to not necessarily overlap.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
It was before the beard, Megan. That's a long time ago.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
You've got to chill out with that. She's already arrogant enough about a lot of things. She deserves to be.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
Well, look, it's very simple. And actually, I think it's started to change, by the way, Megan. I think you see a lot of black and white Americans voting more along class lines, voting more along who's actually best for me. There are a lot of black energy workers who are not gonna benefit from the policies of the Harris administration to destroy the American energy industry.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
So I do think that's slowly starting to change, but it is interesting to sort of hear how fascinated these people were with my story five, 10 years ago. And now that I am on the presidential ticket, they've decided that I'm the worst possible guy in the world. It's fascinating to me. It's not surprising, Megan. And it's kind of what I signed up for, right?
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
I mean, I want to make people's lives better. My whole idea here and the reason I accepted President Trump's invitation to join the ticket is because I think that Americans have been screwed over by a lot of stupid policies. I'd like to change that. And at the cost of changing that, as people like Joy Reid used to say nice things about me and now they lie about me, whatever.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
As Harry S. Truman said, if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. I think it's an honor to be here. And everything that comes along with it, I just see as a necessary part of having to do this job.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Moments: Bill Maher, VP Vance, Charlamagne, All-In Podcast, Shawn Ryan, Karoline Leavitt
Well, I think it is the through line of my life, Megan, that there have been strong women who have made it possible for me to have a good life. And you mentioned Mamaw. I've heard so many Mamaw stories from friends and family just in the last few days, people who've come out of the woodwork, obviously, because we gave this speech at the RNC convention.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Millions Spent on Crucial Special Elections, New Columbia Tension, Trump Warns Putin: AM Update 3/31
And now the same American media that covered for the Biden administration after the untimely death and the unnecessary death of 13 brave Americans is really, really interested in forcing the president of the United States to fire someone because of a signal chat, because of a signal chat. That is not. Honest behavior from the American media.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Millions Spent on Crucial Special Elections, New Columbia Tension, Trump Warns Putin: AM Update 3/31
And if you think you're going to force the president of the United States to fire anybody, you've got another thing coming. President Trump has said it on Monday, on Tuesday, on Wednesday, on Thursday. And I'm the vice president saying it here on Friday. We are standing behind our entire national security team.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Millions Spent on Crucial Special Elections, New Columbia Tension, Trump Warns Putin: AM Update 3/31
If you think you're going to force the president of the United States to fire anybody, you've got another thing coming.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Elon's Email Drama, Trump vs. Maine Governor, and a German Election Surprise: AM Update for 2/24
What no democracy, American, German, or European, will survive is telling millions of voters that their thoughts and concerns, their aspirations, their pleas for relief are invalid or unworthy of even being considered. Democracy rests on the sacred principle that the voice of the people matters. There's no room for firewalls. You either uphold the principle or you don't.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Horrifying CNN Celebration of Luigi, Sanchez in Space, and Maher's White House Trip, with Walter Kirn and Matt Taibbi | Ep. 1048
Well, I'm supposedly not suggesting that I smuggle a terrorist into the United States, right? How can I return him to the United States? If I smuggle him into the United States, what do I do? Of course, I'm not going to do it. It's like, I mean, the question is preposterous. How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? I don't have the power to return him to the United States.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Admin Defends Gang Deportations, TX Teen Fatally Stabbed, Zuck Moves Near Trump: AM Update 4/4
Well, look, we're going to keep on appealing. We're going to keep on fighting back here. The legal border crossing is down over 95 percent in pretty much every part of the American southern border. Then, yeah, we got to get the violent criminals out of here. The courts, some radical left judges have stepped in and said you're not allowed to deport MS-13 gang members. That's crazy.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Admin Defends Gang Deportations, TX Teen Fatally Stabbed, Zuck Moves Near Trump: AM Update 4/4
We think the Supreme Court is going to overrule it. We do not ask permission from far left Democrats before we deport illegal immigrants. We do the American people's business. And again, for the American people who are watching, this is such a weird, mistaken placement of priorities.
The Megyn Kelly Show
The Vances Visit Greenland, Major MS-13 Arrest, Stefanik Withdraws Her UN Nomination: AM Update 3/28
A lot of other countries have threatened Greenland, have threatened to use its territories and its waterways to threaten the United States, to threaten Canada, and, of course, to threaten the people of Greenland. So we're going to check out how things are going there.
The Megyn Kelly Show
The Vances Visit Greenland, Major MS-13 Arrest, Stefanik Withdraws Her UN Nomination: AM Update 3/28
And I say that speaking for President Trump, we want to reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland because we think it's important to protecting the security of the entire world.
The Megyn Kelly Show
The Vances Visit Greenland, Major MS-13 Arrest, Stefanik Withdraws Her UN Nomination: AM Update 3/28
The threat that I worry the most about vis-a-vis Europe is not Russia, it's not China, it's not any other external actor. And what I worry about is the threat from within. The retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the United States of America.
The Megyn Kelly Show
The Vances Visit Greenland, Major MS-13 Arrest, Stefanik Withdraws Her UN Nomination: AM Update 3/28
Do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
The Megyn Kelly Show
The Vances Visit Greenland, Major MS-13 Arrest, Stefanik Withdraws Her UN Nomination: AM Update 3/28
We want to reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland because we think it's important to protecting the security of the entire world.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Pushes for Peace, DNC Civil War Over Hogg, Michelle's Inauguration Excuse: AM Update 4/25
We've issued a very explicit proposal to both the Russians and the Ukrainians, and it's time for them to either say yes or for the United States to walk away from this process. I feel pretty optimistic about it. I think everybody has been negotiating in good faith, but it's now time, I think, to take
The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Pushes for Peace, DNC Civil War Over Hogg, Michelle's Inauguration Excuse: AM Update 4/25
If not the final step, one of the final steps, which is at a broad level, the party saying we're going to stop the killing. We're going to freeze the territorial lines at some level close to where they are today. And we're going to actually put in place the kind of long term diplomatic settlement that hopefully will lead to long term peace.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Dems Ignore Garcia Reality, Karmelo Anthony Family Speaks Out, Bernie Flies Private: AM Update 4/18
President Bukele said he was not sending him back. That's the end of the story. If he wanted to send him back, we would give him a plane ride back.
The Rachel Maddow Show
'Criminal contempt' looms over Trump's showdown with courts over deportation fiat
Ladies and gentlemen, the universities do not pursue knowledge and truth. They pursue deceit and lies, and it's time to be honest about that fact.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
We borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture. That is not a recipe for economic prosperity.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
But if America wants to fight, we will fight to the end, I think is one of the phrases that they use. They're trying to express this resolve. So you had, I think, a couple of days ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one of their accounts tweeted this video of a clip from a famous speech Mao Zedong gave in 1953 during the Korean War.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
basically talking about China's resolve and how they will never give in. And so that is the messaging for a global audience. But then also domestically inside China, it's very much the, you know, we're not going to give in. We're going to work through this. We're fine. Our economy is resilient. Our economy is massive. We can handle this. America is bad. America is the problem.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
mocking of america and you know the idea that for example america is going to bring back shoe factories i think there have been some videos going around the memes yeah the memes of you know big fat americans making shoes both um both funny and a little offensive but but honestly it kind of hits america where it's where it hurts i think there's a reason that those memes have gone viral Yes.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
And I mean, frankly, if we can limit this to a meme war, that would be great.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
So China does not want this trade war. It will cause some real problems in their economy. It will cause some real dislocations. They already are struggling with a pretty significant economic downturn over the last several years, triggered by, among other things, an attempt at a managed popping of a real estate bubble that has at times gotten a little bit out of control.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
But since the first trade war, since the first administration, when that trade war started, they have worked extremely hard to build out capacities and diversify into other markets. They haven't been totally successful, but they've diversified a lot, reduced some reliance on the U.S. market.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
And so I think they do feel like they are in a better position to handle this really significant escalation in the trade war than they were, say, seven, six years ago. In China, there's the economic response. They will probably push out some stimulus packages. They will probably find ways to tax credits or subsidies to exporters who are harmed.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
But China has an entirely separate system around social stability where they've really rebuilt from the grassroots level up a system to be able to use both soft and hard coercive power to effectively...
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
keep people, even if they're unhappy or even if they want to go complain or they want to go protest, the costs are extremely high and they have systems at every level to mitigate or prevent those problems from bubbling up.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
Now, one of Beijing's answers to the challenge, ban and erase criticism of it. You've got the nationalist, the patriotic element, and then you've got this entire system of social stability, social governance, that I think will allow the government of Beijing to absorb more pain and higher costs than I think some people assume.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
So this is a great question. And, you know, China has trade surpluses, large trade surpluses with most of the major important economies or economic blocs in the world. And so, you know, most countries don't want to have to pick between the U.S. and China.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
Where we are now is, I think, the development of this trade war, you know, it's effectively the Trump administration, I think, is forcing countries to choose. Many countries... Many developed economies especially have not been happy with China and the way it trades and some of its policies.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
For example, the EU Chamber of Commerce in China every year puts out a report on all the things they would like the Chinese government to do, change policies to increase market access, to make the markets fair for EU companies. And it's hundreds or more than a thousand a year, and the Chinese just sort of file it away and nothing ever happens.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
And so there is massive frustration in, for example, the EU and certain capitals about Chinese trade practices. But they've been very reticent to hit back hard because they're also quite dependent. Some of their big companies are quite dependent on the Chinese market. And so now we're in a forcing moment, a forcing event from the Trump administration.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
This has put some of these big economies and, frankly, many countries, big and small, in a real bind.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
So about a decade ago, China launched a program called Made in China 2025, where they laid out 10... So 10 broad industries, future industries where they wanted to dominate. All high-tech, including EVs, electric vehicles, batteries. And now we're 10 years on and they've been actually quite successful. This is an example of a really quite successful industrial planning.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
So for example, when you look at EVs and batteries, China's a global leader. You talked about these, so what you're seeing on these various, you know, official and semi-official tweets and YouTube, that's very much part of a showing the world, you know, basically we are the future, right? You know, we have robots that can dance.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
So every year at the Lunar New Year holiday, the CCTV, the main TV network in China, has what's called the Spring Festival Gala, right? And hundreds of millions of people watch it. It's a several-hour show on Lunar New Year's Eve. And this year, one of the shows was a routine of dancing robots. Which looked amazing. They were all individually controlled.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
There were people, like, there's a lot of really good stuff. The Chinese are good at a lot of these things. You also have to remember that what you're seeing on Twitter, it does have a purpose. It's working. It's working on me. No, it is working.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
So then I think we are in a much more dangerous world. Because the foundation, the linchpin of the US-China relationship is trade. There are all sorts of other issues that have worsened over the years from Taiwan to other territorial issues in the South China Sea to hacking. You know, a long list that I don't need to get into. Trade has really kept the relationship from growing.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
really kind of going off the rails. And where we are now with these tariff rates, again, it is taking a sledgehammer to that foundation of the relationship. And as that foundation shatters, the relationship will shift in, I think, very unpredictable, potentially very dangerous ways.
Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
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Today, Explained
It’s China’s turn
The story is, one, that America is effectively the great disruptor. America is blowing up the global trading system. America is blowing up the global order for hegemonic and selfish reasons, and also that China will not be cowed. They don't want to have a trade war. They say there are no winners in a trade war.