frozen snapshot — 2026-08-12 · see today →

What's on J.D. Vance's mind?

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the Novorossiysk tanker request 34% · newthe El-Sayed offensive 20% Trump's 2028 anointing 15% the messy Iran talks 10% everything else 21%

Vance quietly asked Kyiv to stop hitting the oil tankers

The FT says he personally asked Zelensky to spare tankers using Novorossiysk and the Caspian pipeline; Ukraine paused, then bombed the naval base anyway.

JD Vance asked Ukraine to halt strikes on tankers using Russian port

Financial Times · 2026-08-12

our translation

he wants to be the one guy who can pick up a phone and change the war. and keeping kazakh oil moving keeps pump prices down at home, which is the only ukraine policy his base will ever thank him for

new — FT scoop rewritten by 20 outletsvery sure · 4 sources

'Crazy' and 'terrible' — Vance returns fire in Michigan

White House joined the attackvery sure · 3 sources

Trump hints at the heir; Lara Trump refuses to pick one

Lara Trump declined to choosepretty sure · 3 sources

'We don't trust Iran and we will verify'

Hormuz talks, military option still openpretty sure · 3 sources

wednesday, august 12

Get asked about the FT tanker scoop and neither confirm nor deny(reported)

Keep the 'don't trust, verify' Iran line word-for-word identical(safe bet)

Take one more swing at El-Sayed while the clip is still hot(safe bet)

Deflect a Vance-vs-Rubio 2028 question with a compliment(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

JD Vance asked Ukraine to halt strikes on tankers using Russian port

news.google.com · 2026-08-12

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