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How J.D. Vance thinks

How J.D. Vance thinks

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Summary

“America doesn’t have to constantly police every region of the world,” J.D. Vance said on the 2024 campaign trail. A war with Iran seemed to him a particularly bad idea. Donald Trump attacked Tehran anyway. How much influence does J.D. Vance, and his ideas, have over Donald Trump’s presidency?


Guests and hosts:

  • John Prideaux, US editor
  • Charlotte Howard, New York bureau chief
  • James Bennet, Lexington columnist
  • Oren Cass, founder of American Compass
  • Joel K.Goldstein, scholar of the vice presidency



Topics covered:

  • J.D. Vance’s ideology
  • The history of the vice presidency



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