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Posted on 07/22/2026 9:26:01 PM PDT by lasereye
Has Vice President J.D. Vance been sidelined by President Trump over Iran? Right now, it seems that indeed, this might be the case.
Let’s take a look at a brief timeline.
On July 8, President Trump, joined by his Secretaries of War, State and Treasury at the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, publicly ripped up the Vice President’s “Memorandum of Understanding” (MoU) with Iran. He said it agreement was “over.”
“To me, I think it’s over. I don’t want to deal with them,” Trump told reporters at the Summit. “They’re scum. They’re sick people. They’re led by sick people.”
The President also issued orders for a new series of air attacks on Iran beginning with a wave of 90 U.S. air attacks that day – which continue to this evening.
And exactly where was Vice President J.D Vance on July 8?
He wasn’t at the White House. He wasn’t in the Situation Room monitoring events. Instead, he traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he delivered a speech about Medicaid and food stamp fraud.
Of course, if he were still engaged in Iran, Vance could have canceled his Milwaukee speech and remain in Washington to interact on both the diplomatic and national security fronts concerning Iran and his now dead MoU.
Vance wasn’t needed there at all. In fact, the administration was well represented in Milwaukee. Dr. Mehmet Oz, the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was speaking at the same event on the same subject.
I believe that when the President decided that he was done with the MoU, he also decided he was through with his Vice President’s input on international affairs.
This is speculation of course. But based on public actions to date, and what I know of how inside Washington works, it appears that for now, Vance is largely out of the loop.
Remember, as a U.S. Senator, Vance had no committee assignments on armed services, intelligence or national security. He never sat on a single committee that dealt with foreign policy or military policy.
But, while Vance might have been sidelined, he really wasn’t done on all things concerning Israel.
On July 14, Politico reported, “Vance postponed earlier plans to address a Tuesday morning House GOP conference meeting, instead traveling to Texas to tape an episode of the Joe Rogan podcast.”
Now Vance was giving the big finger to the House leadership and instead decided it advanced his own interests as he traveled to Austin to appear with Joe Rogan. The podcaster has about 11 million viewers per episode.
In fact, the House Republican conference was confronting very important issues close to the President and could determine the outcome of the mid-term elections.
At that July 14 meeting, they were grappling with legislative efforts to finalize an $95 billion budget resolution, with supplemental requests related to fighting the war in Iran, and the President’s top priority, to pass the SAVE Act, an electoral reform bill to reduce electoral fraud.
In the end, the House did narrowly pass all three pieces of legislation today – but without J.D. Vance’s assistance on July 14.
And then, while on Rogan’s podcast, Vance decided to viciously attack Israel - America’s key ally in the Middle East as well as our wartime ally.
The Vice President claimed that Brad Parscale, Trump’s 2020 Presidential campaign manager, had committed political treason: he secretly lobbied on behalf of Israel through podcasters.
The Vice President was furious over a Time investigative article that focused on Parscale’s attempt to generate pro-Israel sympathies among conservatives through a digital campaign. Indeed, the contract was awarded to him through Havas, an Israeli-based global ad agency.
Vance lashed out at Israel, telling the podcaster, “When I open up the pages of Time magazine, and I see that there’s a literal foreign influence campaign being funded to tank the very deal that I was pursuing, and many of the people who were receiving that money were actually attacking me in completely dishonest ways. You know, my response to that is, well, go to hell.”
But Pascale, in the same Time article categorically denied that his campaign tried to undermine the President of the MoU, or Vance’s ceasefire MoU, telling the magazine, “I have never funded, organized, or participated in any effort to undermine President Trump - ever - including his Memorandum of Understanding or ceasefire proposal.”
The conservative digital expert additionally told Time, “The claim that I am coordinating an effort to prolong the war is completely false. The only people manufacturing a conflict between President Trump, Israel, and me are anonymous officials using background quotes to make me the bogeyman.”
Vance did concede to Rogan that indeed, countries other than Israel do try to influence American public opinion as well as our government. “I wouldn’t say they’re the only effective country trying to influence American politics by any means,” he said.
In fact, according to the U.S. Attorney General’s latest FARA report to Congress, in the last six months of 2024 Islamic nations spent more than $46 million for public relations and lobbying in the United States. Israel, on the other hand, spent only $1.5 million in lobbying and public relations, according to FARA. If you add Pascale’s 2025 contract, you can add $4 million more.
According to Open Secrets, an American nonprofit that has long tracked lobbying and public relations by foreign governments, Qatar alone spent over $240 million on FARA-registered lobbying and public relations in the US since 2015. “This includes efforts through firms influencing policy, media, and academia. In 2024 alone, expenditures exceeded $30 million, dwarfing many other foreign entities while advancing Doha’s interests amid regional tensions,” the investigative nonprofit reported.
Vance’s hostility towards Israel appears to be part of an emerging plan by the Vice President to run against Israel in the 2028 Presidential election. In this regard, he’s aligning himself with Tucker Carlson and other conservative voices that are openly anti-Israel.
The only good news is, perhaps, President Trump has lost trust in Vance as his international point person on Iran. If indeed he is sidelining him, that would be good news.
But there are many chapters to be written about the war against Iran. Who knows if Vance will be resurrected within White House national security circles? And will the Vice President be asked against to serve as the President’s lead negotiator with Iran?
Time will only tell. Stay tuned.
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I am all for a negotiated end to the war (that Iran would not violate) with the Strait completely opened. Trump may give them one more chance to reach an agreement. If he does, I expect Iran will just violate it again.
Never thought I’d say this back in January 2025, but increasingly I think Marco Rubio is the better choice for 2028.
NONE OF THIS SOUNDS RIGHT.
VANCE IS WHERE TRUMP PUTS HIM & WHEN
No:
1. Rubio is in charge of foreign policy, which makes him share a big part of the blame for this Iran fiasco.
2. Rubio in his natural mode was all for Amnesty when he was a young Senator - "Gang of 8" and all.
3. Rubio dismissed online anti-Indian remarks during a press briefing in New Delhi by stating that "every country in the world has stupid people who say dumb things."
Well, Marco, I can tell you after having to deal with Indians from a personal and professional basis for the past 35 years, that they and their culture are a problem, are no good for Americans, and only work on behalf of India and Indians…
…and I'm not a stupid person and I'm not saying dumb things.
No, no Little Marco in 2028.
Let's elect the only guy consistently raising the H-1B Visa issue, American's Best Governor, Ron DeSantis.
Any and all aspects of our war with Iran seem to change completely at least three times every week, (who’s doing what to whom and how is this being done or verified?)
so what we are seeing now, re; JD, does not necessarily predict the conclusive thoughts of President Trump, once this Hot War phase is finally over.
Trump is losing hard care Trump supporters who sees this mess he created with no end in sight, Meanwhile the economy is crapping out, few jobs, fuel going back up...Looks like the SS Trump just hit a big iceberg..
When Trump shuffled JD off to the fraud task force the writing was on the wall. Then Trump sent him over to Pakistan to take the fall for the failed MOU negotiations. I’d say Trump is pretty much done with JD Vance. Who can blame him? He’s got Rubio, Hegseth and Bessent as solid competent advisors.
Hopefully yes.
“If it works out, I’m going to take the credit. If it doesn’t work out, I’m blaming JD. You better be careful, JD. He’s going to turn his plane around and get the hell out of here,” he joked.
A joke? Or was this the sign that Trump was fixing to throw Vance under the bus?
I predict another pause in the fight for the same reason we had to pause the first time.
Ah, yes, the man who supports Hate Speech laws.
Yeah, that’s not good.
However, as someone coming off long-term unemployment thanks to the H-1B and Green Card menace, I’d rather have a job, a way to pay my bills, and then take that bad law to the Supreme Court if need be.
My - and other American STEM workers worker’s- rage over legal immigration is at a boiling point.
In my opinion, Trump is just the left’s final speed bump before they finally destroy the country. Trump was too little too late.
This article is nonsense.
Neglected is the 45th vice president.
Trump is no longer an amateur and Vance is perfect in a leadership role.
Never thought I’d say this back in January 2025, but increasingly I think Marco Rubio is the better choice for 2028.
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Rubio is only gaining because Vance has become the target for pro Israel ideologues. What those ideologues dismiss is Rubio’s comments about the reality of regime change in Iran from Israeli salespeople presenting the war to Trump.
The CIA director said it’s been his experience that the government of Israel oversells their proposals & many of them are farcical
Rubio says : “so it’s bullshit.”
Also, both Rubio & Vance opposed West Bank settlement annexations in 2025.
Rubio and Vance are more closely aligned on ME policy, than the pro Israel operators are willing to admit. Hence the attempt at neutralizing & weakening Vance at this early juncture.
If Vance is knocked out by the lobby this early, it’ll set up a fait accompli for Rubio with a dark horse candidate in Florida as his only opposition.
I remember back in the 1990s, radio ads were constantly touting how much money you could make after a taking a 6 months course to be a Certified MicroSoft programmer or technician (I forget what).
Who is Richard Pollock and why should I care what he thinks?
Taking out multiple layers of leadership in Iran has probably resulted in decentralized groups having control of various weapons. Iran’s “negotiators” may not be able to exercise any authority over them.
I think Vance is being forced to support a resolution to an attack he would not have made had he been president.
He is trying to support the president’s policies, but there is NO political will of boots on the ground. The escalated conflict is affecting the president’s ability to deal with economic issues, and good government issues, which were supposed to be priorities.
Vance have difficulty getting the desired outcome from a policy not supported by Vance should not be blamed on him.
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