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J.D. Vance

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

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the Middletown homecoming 28% · newthe 'goal number one' ranking 22% the reserve-currency heresy 14% · newthe Iran daylight with Trump 11% · neweverything else 25%
#1
Back to the Steel Town, With a Midterm Message

Vance takes his economic agenda to a Cleveland-Cliffs plant in his hometown Friday, with road closures already posted around his Cincinnati house.

Vance plans a hometown speech in Ohio as his midterm travel ramps up

NBC News · 2026-08-18
our translation

middletown is the only backdrop where 'i'm one of you' needs no footnote — he's road-testing the 2028 stump speech in front of the friendliest crowd in america

new — Friday speech at Cleveland-Cliffs plantvery sure · 4 sources
#2
Cheap Oil First, Nuclear Iran Second
Foreign Policy, Examiner still relitigating itvery sure · 3 sources
#3
The Vice President Who Wants a Weaker Dollar
new — Forbes and CEI both engaged todaypretty sure · 3 sources
#4
The Gap Between Trump and Vance on Iran Is Now the Story
new — Washington Post analysis kicked it offpretty sure · 3 sources
wednesday, august 19
Sign off on Friday's Cleveland-Cliffs itinerary in Middletown(on the schedule)
Field one more 'are you and Trump split on Iran' question(reported)
Defend the weak-dollar take to an unamused economist(safe bet)
Find a hometown line that outlives the burrito discourse(safe bet)

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

The source

Vice President JD Vance to deliver speech in Middletown Friday

news.google.com · 2026-08-19

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