Vance is as unpopular as he is unlikable, which is quite the parlay, if you think about it. Even his bungling attempts to influence the Hungarian elections... were spun as his 'stepping up' into a more important role in the administration.
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.
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?
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.
