DTNZ: Vance warns of ‘rising interest in socialism’ in US

Republicans risk losing younger voters unless living standards improve, the vice president has said.

The US Republican Party must address the economic pressures facing Americans or risk driving more young people toward socialism, Vice President J.D. Vance has said.

Vance made the remarks in an interview with Fox News on Thursday, pointing to the cost of housing a

Melanie Phillips: An unholy accommodation

The Pope’s genuflection to Islam spells disaster for Western civilisation

When US President Donald Trump sent Vice-President JD Vance to negotiate with members of the Iranian regime in Islamabad, people initially thought that Vance — reportedly the most outspoken voice in the Trump administration against going to war with Iran — would be a soft touch.

When the talks in Pakistan broke down, however, Vance’s position could hardly have been tougher. Having seen the Iranian regime up close, he said, he was absolutely certain that these people must never be allowed to get nuclear weapons.

In recent days, he has again taken a position which contradicted previous assumptions about his worldview.

Corey Smith: The Arctic of the Deal: Greenland Redux

Despite the objections of Danish and Greenlandic officials, Vice President JD Vance flew to Greenland Friday morning with his wife and a few delegates to Pituffik Space Base. He was the first sitting VP to visit the base, giving the trip a historic undertone while displaying how serious the Trump administration is about bolstering America’s presence in the Arctic. Though Vance’s speech seemed to carry a message slightly different from the president’s remarks about the island over the last few months, the goal was the same: national and international security. Sounds great, but is Trump serious about using force to take control of an ally’s territory?

Philip Crump: Breaking Point - How Zelenskyy’s ‘Own Goal’ Fractured U.S. Relations

The explosive Oval Office confrontation on Friday between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked a dramatic escalation of tensions simmering for years between the U.S. and Ukraine.

This public clash, derailing a rare earth minerals deal and a joint news conference, was no accident, but the boiling point of deep frustrations, diplomatic blunders, and clashing priorities.

DTNZ: Zelensky scolded by Trump and Vance for ‘disrespectful’ demands....

‘You don’t have the cards’: Zelensky scolded by Trump and Vance for ‘disrespectful’ demands (Video)

In a tense and revealing White House meeting, President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance confronted Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky over his approach to the ongoing war, urging him to show gratitude instead of pressing demands.

Brendan O'Neill: JD Vance has signed the death warrant of the status quo

Well, that was a delicious spectacle. America’s self-made VP gloriously roasting the wizened technocrats of Europe. A Yank from dirt-poor origins sticking it to Europe’s turbo-smug ruling class. How they squirmed as the boy from Ohio who somehow made it to the top of US politics chastised them for their indecent desertion of the ideals of liberty, democracy and security. It was like an intellectual waterboarding, and I loved every minute of it.

Rodney Hide: Trump 2.0 Kicking Over the Swamp

President Trump promised to drain the swamp. He has turned it upside down, kicked it around, and is jumping on it.

His opponents are left defending fraud, waste and corruption, paper straws and deranged men hellbent on destroying female sports.

Simon O'Connor: Loving all or only some?

There has been a lot of commentary on JD Vance's comments that there is a hierarchy when it comes to love and that you need to love your family before others. I agree and share why he's right.

In recent days, JD Vance - the Vice-President of the United States - made some comments around love, including both ‘how’ and ‘who’ we should love. His comments and the consequent reaction illustrates a stark contrast between those who talk big and those who have a more practical grasp on reality. I would suggest it well-highlights the difference between left-leaning progressives and those who hold a more conservative view.

Lushington D. Brady: A Republican Dream Team in the Running

Donald Trump couldn’t have asked for better opponents than Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

The Democrats just keep on giving to Donald Trump: the endless show trials that only boosted his poll numbers every time. They stuck with Joe Biden even after the debate exposed his cognitive decline in the most brutal fashion. Then they replaced Joe with an unelected nominee so unpopular she never won a single primary vote in eight years.

Now, cacklin’ Kamala Harris has chosen her running mate. Hoo, boy.

Bob McCoskrie: Who is JD Vance and is he a social conservative?

Who is JD Vance

Ohio Senator JD Vance has been announced as the running mate for Donald Trump at the upcoming presidential election. He’s only been in the senate since 2022.

But this means he could be the next vice-president and replace possibly the worst vice president in history Kamala Harris. So who is JD Vance and is he a friend or foe of social conservatives.

Dr Oliver Hartwich: Europe is now on its own

In the wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, all eyes were on the Republican National Convention. While Trump’s formal nomination as the GOP’s presidential candidate was a foregone conclusion, his choice of running mate raised eyebrows: JD Vance, the author of Hillbilly Elegy.

Vance’s selection concludes quite a political journey. Once a “never-Trumper”, Vance has morphed into an arch-Trumpist. But from a European perspective, his nomination signifies more than a stunning political transformation. It is a harbinger of tough times to come for trans-Atlantic relations.