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As Vance Takes on a Forceful New Role, His Positions Are Shifting (NYT)
| Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e | 10/25/25 |
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Date: October 25th, 2025 5:22 PM Author: Mainlining the $ecret Truth of the Univer$e ("One Year Performance 1978-1979 (Cage Piece)") https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/us/politics/jd-vance-shifting-positions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wE8.PbHr.e-cBeeHS_eEL&smid=nytcore-android-share
Oct. 25, 2025 Updated 9:43 a.m. ET Online, overseas and in the halls of the White House, Vice President JD Vance has taken on a far more visible role in recent weeks.
He flew to Israel to help keep the U.S.-brokered cease-fire deal with Hamas on track. He has been President Trump’s attack dog on redistricting and the government shutdown, trolling Democrats on social media and from the White House. And when critics of the administration’s foreign policy called U.S. strikes in the waters off Venezuela a war crime, Mr. Vance shot back on X: “I don’t give a shit what you call it.”
To Mr. Vance’s allies, the 41-year-old vice president is showing off the ability to defend his boss on various platforms and to different audiences as the heir apparent to the political movement led by Mr. Trump, who is 79.
But in the process, Mr. Vance has shifted his positions and defended or promoted views he once opposed, even as recently as the 2024 presidential campaign. On issues like foreign entanglements, free speech and the Jeffrey Epstein files, Mr. Vance has had to backtrack on or simply ignore a string of flip-flops. |