JD Vance Emerges as Trump’s Point Man on Iran, Blasts Israeli Officials for Attacking President Over MOU

Vance continues to deeply disappoint. He relishes his role as the ringleader of rising antisemitism on the right.

Donald Trump may be the decision-maker on all things Iran, but nobody disputes that J.D. Vance is the face and top negotiator for the deal. He took to the White House Pressroom podium to face questions, and wwas scheduled to fly to Switzerland to lead the negotiations for the final deal – although that has now been postponed.

Associated Press: JD Vance was supposed to be spending the week promoting his new book, the kind of event a potential presidential candidate like the vice president typically uses to speak to a wide audience about his life and values ahead of a campaign. Instead, the rollout of Vance’s second book, “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith,” has been largely crowded out by something else he’s put his name on: the deal to end the Iran war. The Republican vice president has embraced the role of chief defender of the agreement he and President Donald Trump signed with Tehran, giving a series of interviews touting it as a success, releasing a video championing it and parrying questions about it during a briefing at the White House. It’s a striking emergence for a politician who’s known for his skepticism of foreign military interventions and who seemed reluctant to speak on the conflict when Trump launched it in February. (Associated Press.)

JD Vance Blasts Israeli Officials: Vance issues harsh warning to Israelis slamming Trump’s Iran deal

New York Post: Vice President JD Vance ripped Israeli officials who have criticized President Trump over the US-Iran memorandum of understanding, blasting them for complaining about the document that requires them to stop striking Hezbollah in Lebanon. Vance told reporters in the White House briefing room Thursday that Israeli cabinet members had, in some cases, “very personally attacked the president of the United States.” “If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world,” he added, pointedly. “Donald J. Trump is the only head of state in the entire world who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this moment in time, and he happens to be the head of state of the world’s superpower.” “Over the last three months, two-thirds of the defensive weapons that have protected your homeland have been built by American hands and paid for by American tax dollars,” Vance went on. “The problem for Israel is not Donald J. Trump, and anybody in Israel who thinks their biggest problem is the president of the United States needs to wake up and smell the reality of the situation that country is in.” (New York Post.)

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