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.