Taylor Van Kirk
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Let’s all take a moment to actually watch this exchange in full, where the VP was specifically asked about Israel. Q: JD, before we wrap here, I want to ask you another hard question. This one about our relationship with the state of Israel and the president's relationship with Bibi Netanyahu. Many people in the Republican Party, MAGA, are now moving to a new party: America first, America only. There's a rise in anti-Semitism, and there's a persistent belief amongst a lot of the people on the right that maybe our foreign policy is too influenced by the state of Israel or Bibi Netanyahu. Can you take us into the relationship right now, where it stands, and the you know the administration's position on collaborating with Israel on a lot of these military activities. VP: Yeah, you know what the president has said, Jason, is obviously Israel has been an important partner when it comes to military technology, when it comes to intelligence sharing, but also sometimes the United States doesn't always agree with Israel, and I think that more than frankly any president in the last 40 years, he has shown a willingness to actually part ways with Bibi Netanyahu when he feels like the interests of the American people are different from the interests of of the government of Israel. And I find it a little ironic, Jason, that you have Democrats criticizing Donald Trump for his relationship with Bibi when Donald Trump is the one president of the last 40 years who's been willing to say, you know what, yeah, Bibi is a good partner, but also Bibi and I have a different opinion on this, or Bibi's wrong about this, or maybe Bibi's right about this from the perspective of Israel. But the American people need us to go in a different direction. So I just think that rooting this relationship, like all relationships, in America's interest is the way to actually have a rational conversation here. Because when you're talking about whether a given policy is in America's interest, and you keep yourself laser focused on that, I think that's how you make sure that the American people know that you're fighting for them. But I also think that it allows us to actually rationally focus and force ourselves to have a conversation about when something that maybe sounded good or maybe has become a cliche or a slogan for the past 20 or 30 years. Well, maybe we have to do something different now, and I think that that's how we have to approach not just this relationship but all relationships. By the way, you you see a similar pushback when the president makes the argument that he's made about NATO, which is yes, obviously a lot of important relationships, a lot of important partnerships in NATO, but that doesn't mean that we're going to completely make our European foreign policy subservient to NATO in the same way that we cannot let our Middle Eastern foreign policy be subservient to the state of Israel. We're going to work with people when we work with them. We're going to disagree when we disagree, and we're going to pursue America's interests. That's the only way to have a rational foreign policy.
Taylor Van Kirk477,295 次观看 • 7 天前
Of course Headquarters dishonestly stripped out the full context. The VP is actually sharing what his Mamaw’s advice would be to him. “Don’t become entitled about this. Recognize it’s cool, it’s a blessing… she would also make sure that I didn’t get too big for my britches.”
Taylor Van Kirk125,171 次观看 • 2 个月前
WATCH Vice President JD Vance JD Vance on his hope that Pope Leo XIV provides leadership on AI: “This is one of the most profound and positive things that Pope Leo could do — not just for the church, but for the world…this is the sort of thing the Church is very good at.”
Taylor Van Kirk386,089 次观看 • 1 年前
“I don’t want private equity firms — many of them backed by foreign money — to buy American homes. I want YOU guys to be able to buy American homes. “The American dream should not be sold to the highest foreign bidder, it belongs to YOU.” — Vice President JD Vance 🇺🇸
Taylor Van Kirk63,017 次观看 • 5 个月前
WATCH: JD Vance on President Trump's historic victory in securing the border🔥 "Border security is not just good for American citizens, it's the humanitarian thing to do...When you empower the cartels and human traffickers...you empower the worst people in the entire world."
William Martin83,967 次观看 • 10 个月前