J.D. Vance at the Munich Security Conference, February 14, 2025 (Sky)
Who Succeeds Donald Trump in the “New” Republican Party?
As J.D. Vance visits the UK for a family vacation and a meeting with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, I joined BBC Radio Scotland on Friday to evaluate the political ambitions and threats of the US Vice President.
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I explain Vance’s tactics, both propping up and distinguishing himself from Donald Trump. I look at the effect on US relations with other countries amid Vance’s past dismissal of European and Ukrainian security and insults of the UK.
And I consider how, having compared Trump to Hitler in the past, Vance may be distancing himself from Donald if the US economy and Epstein Files cause trouble for the Administration.
As Nazis where invited to the UK before ww2 so history repeats itself. One of the most hated men in the USA a guest of the defense secretary. Sad day indeed.