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J.D. Vance

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

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the 'goal number one' ranking 28% the socialism warning 24% · newthe trans-care fraud referral 15% losing his foreign-policy right hand 11% · neweverything else 22%
#1
Goal No. 1 is cheap gas. The Iranian nuke is No. 2.

Vance put low pump prices ahead of Iran's nuclear program as the war's stated aim, then spent the next day clarifying what he meant.

Low oil prices now ‘goal number one’ in Iran war, Vance says, as U.S. threatens new economic pressure

NBC News · 2026-08-14
our translation

midterms are the real theater here. the nuke is a foreign-policy problem; four-dollar gas is a november problem, and he knows which one voters bill him for.

12 outlets, then a next-day clarificationvery sure · 4 sources
#2
Don't blame the kids for liking socialism, Vance tells his party
new — Scripps stations rebroadcast it Saturdayvery sure · 4 sources
#3
Vance sends the DOJ after hospitals over trans-care billing
HHS coding report landed Aug 13pretty sure · 3 sources
#4
His closest national security adviser is walking out mid-war
new — Axios scoop, WaPo and JI confirmedpretty sure · 3 sources
saturday, august 15
Check the national gas-price average before facing any camera(safe bet)
Take one more run at explaining 'goal number one'(reported)
Start quietly shopping for Andy Baker's replacement(reported)
Repeat the anti-socialism line at the next friendly mic(safe bet)

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Check the national gas-price average before facing any camera

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