Donald Trump's vice presidential nominee JD Vance said Saturday that America's interest "is in not going to war with Iran" and acknowledged that Israel and America's interests will "sometimes" diverge.
(Article by Chris Menahan republished from InformationLiberation.com)
"So obviously, Israel has the right to defend itself," Vance told Tim Dillon. "But America's interest is sometimes going to be distinct."
"Sometimes we're going to have overlapping interests and sometimes were going to have distinct interests and our interest, I think, very much is in not going to war with Iran," Vance said. "It would be a huge distraction of resources, it would be massively expensive to our country."
JD Vance on Tim Dillon:
“Our interest is in not going to war with Iran.” pic.twitter.com/CTE7LURhux
— ??????? ????? (@GroypGangAF) October 26, 2024
He went on to say that the Israelis and Arab states should "police" Iran with funding from America under the Abraham Accords (a Trump administration program to bribe Arab kings with billions in US taxpayer dollars to normalize relations with Israel).
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Vance's rhetoric on Iran has clearly changed markedly from July.
Trump VP pick JD Vance: "A lot of people recognize that we need to do something with Iran—but not these weak little bombing runs. If you're going to punch the Iranians, you punch them hard..." pic.twitter.com/Qcl0Y4628O
— Chris Menahan ?? (@infolibnews) July 16, 2024
Trump himself has also shifted to more "anti-war" rhetoric as Election Day nears:
We have never been closer to World War III then we are right now under Comrade Kamala Harris. Israel has just bombed Tehran, Iran killing innocent lives. Kamala is no where to be found! I will have this war solved as President Elect! pic.twitter.com/svvFI72ilV
— Donald J. Trump - Parody (@realDonParody) October 25, 2024
Trump this week secured the endorsement of a group of Muslims leaders in Michigan who were angry over Biden and Harris's unconditional support for Israel's genocide in Gaza.
BREAKING: Members of the Arab & Muslim community in Michigan just got on stage at the Trump rally to publicly endorse him. Trump was already going to win Michigan, but Arab voters will make it a landslide
"We as Muslims stand with President Trump because he promises peace NOT… pic.twitter.com/G3dVRtDu5L
— George (@BehizyTweets) October 26, 2024
Though both Trump and Vance's rhetoric has shifted, there's little reason to believe they'll do anything differently.
Trump is giving crucial political backing to Netanyahu for the Israeli war effort, while making cynical political appeals to Arab and Muslim voters disenchanted with Biden/Harris over Israel, and lambasting Liz Cheney -- as though Trump and Cheney differ one iota on Israel policy pic.twitter.com/R7Qs4LvJs1
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) October 25, 2024
Trump confirms that Tom Cotton, Mike Pompeo, and Mike Waltz, among the most hardcore interventionists in the Republican Party, are some of the "good choices" on his list for Secretary of Defense pic.twitter.com/WQFEvX7zMZ
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) October 24, 2024
During Joe Rogan's softball interview, Trump said he made a mistake with "some" of his picks (who Rogan -- not Trump -- first said were "neocons") during his presidency but he is still surrounding himself with tons of the same neocons and for months now he has been running on giving the Israel Lobby total power over Congress.
Donald Trump says the biggest mistake of his presidency was hiring neocons. pic.twitter.com/FruMi04tJv
— The American Conservative (@amconmag) October 26, 2024
Trump, as he's done many times in this campaign, goes out of his way to declare that Mike Pompeo is a "good person." If you're a @wikileaks fan running around advocating for a governing coalition that includes Assange's chief persecutor, you win the 2024 Mental Gymnastics award pic.twitter.com/9eV5Wci4JE
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) October 26, 2024
WATCH: Trump pledges to restore the power of the Israel Lobby over Congress during "fighting antisemitism" event with pro-Israel megadonor Miriam Adelson.
"You're gonna end up winning because you're going to have the president, okay?" pic.twitter.com/QKtV4tDxEl
— Chris Menahan ?? (@infolibnews) August 16, 2024
Trump's transition chairman Howard Lutnick told Michael Tracey earlier this month that Jared Kushner will be "actively helping" Trump find "talent" to staff his administration.
Howard Lutnick, the CEO of of Cantor Fitzgerald and co-chair of the Trump Transition Team, confirms to me that Jared Kushner is actively involved in staffing the next Trump Administration https://t.co/cL354nXGv1
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) October 3, 2024
Israel First billionaire Democrat Bill Ackman also said his friends would help staff Trump's administration back in June.
Trump ran as an outsider in 2016 and self-financed much of his campaign ($66m), yet he still filled his first administration with Israel First neocons.
This election he's getting $100 million from Miriam Adelson and explicitly telling his Israel First donors he will be their point man in the White House.
Polls show the majority of Americans do not want America to provide Israel with any aid at all for their war on Gaza and yet our will has been completely ignored by both political parties.
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